Mesur y Dorth/Measure of the Loaf

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Mesur y Dorth/Measure of the Loaf by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff as part of the Geograph project.

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Mesur y Dorth/Measure of the Loaf

Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 5 May 2007

Set in a wall between a farm and a house on the south side of the road here is an early Christian marker stone inscribed with a cross inside a circle. Tradition has it that St David (or a later bishop) decreed that in times of poverty the maximum size of a loaf of bread should not exceed the circumference of the circle. Another legend has this as the final refreshment stop for pilgrims heading to the cathedral 6 miles further on.

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