The River Degwel used to be the border between the old counties of Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire. You used to have to cross the Degwel if you wanted an alcoholic drink on a Sunday.
Many of the houses in this valley were built from stone "sold" from the Abbey in the village of Llandudoch.The abbey was built on to the site of the pre-Norman conquest church of Llandudoch (the welsh name for St Dogmaels village) It was founded between 1113 and 1115 for a prior and twelve monks of the Tironensian Order. The abbey was dissolved in 1536, along with hundreds of other houses whose annual income was less than £200. By this time, there were only eight monks and the abbot. The majority of the abbey's possessions were leased to John Bradshaw of Presteigne in Radnorshire. He built a mansion, probably within the abbey precinct.
Substantial parts of the church survive, including the western end wall, the north wall and the northern transept along with fifteenth century floor tiles in the nave.
Llongyfarchiadau i Welshsprite a Trysorau am fod y cyntaf i ddarganfod hon. Congratulations to Welshsprite and Trysorau for being the first to find.
This geocahe is a nano. You wil needl twezers and a biro. You can park nearby and the cache is accessible on foot but unfortunately not for wheelchairs.