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CWMGIEDD FROM
ABERCRAVE
Starting
from The Abercrave Inn. Grid Ref: SN 824128
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A walk to
the foothills of the Cribarth Mountain, then through forest to the village
of Cwmgiedd, returning along bridleways and by the side of a river.
Note: Walking boots and waterproofs are recommended for this walk and a
compass, and the ability to use it, is necessary for a short section.
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From
entrance to the Abercrave Inn, turn right and head North, passing through
a white metal kissing gate, by the side of a metal farm gate. Ascend a
fairly steep bank and pass beside a wire fenced enclosure on your right.
Bear right, around the enclosure and cross a stream by a wooden
footbridge. The obvious path now ascends some rough stone steps and
then a steep grassy slope. Keep heading North up an even steeper path
beside some trees and locate a waymarker located at the top of this rise.
Bear right here and follow the path up hill and find another waymarker
which will point right again. (The path and the waymarkers can be
difficult to find in the summer when the bracken is high) Follow this
path, keeping Garwleisiau farm on your left to arrive at a high wire fence
around an underground reservoir.
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Start of Walk
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Turn left along the
fence to find a stile at the end. Cross the stile and proceed in a
Northeasterly direction, hand-railing a wire fence on your left, to locate
a finger post with many waymarkers. Bear left here and head North west
ascending an obvious path which then becomes a disused tramway. 300 metres
later, the tramway divides. Take the right hand fork and ascend steeply
and locate a short waymarker post. Bear left here and follow the path,
past a large boulder (with fine views down the Swansea Valley) and
contour around the hillside until a wall and a fence come in to view,
running across and downhill from right to left.
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The
path leads to a stile, immediately before which is the site of
Pant-y-Ffyrch, an old drover's inn, which had a chequered history and was
the scene of an unsolved murder.
The shapes of the rooms,
and the yard where the animals were kept, can still be identified. When
the quarries and tramways were operating this was a busy place.
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