Farm track to Cilwen
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Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 25 Jun 2011
According to ceridwen http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/6699, the syllable 'cil' in Welsh place names denotes any out-of-the-way spot - and you couldn't get much more out of the way than at Cilwen. 'Cil' is pronounced like the 'kil' in Scots-Gaelic and Irish place names, and it has been suggested that such names may be the result of Irish immigration (known to have taken place around here). There is quite a cluster of 'cils' in the Gwaun valley, but they also occur far from the west-facing coast, e.g. at Cilfynydd (grid ref. ST0892), near Abercynon - where an Irish origin seems less likely. On the day of the photograph mist (or low cloud) hung over much of the high ground of the Preseli area.
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