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Parc Yr Eos, GLOGUE, SA36 0EA

Looking into the village of Hermon along the straight road from Crymych. The tents of the Celtic Blue Rock festival (Gwyl y Garreg Las, Image) can be seen clearly on the skyline.

The village still has a blacksmith and their decorative ironware, archways, etc. is on display in the foreground.

The once closed down school in the village, but with strong local support and hard work, has been turned into a Pre School unit, behind it is a new building that is a very modern Community building that uses the sport field and play area for other local groups and private functions to hire at very reasonable rates. see Image

Hermon is a small village of about 100 households situated 10 miles or so south of Cardigan. It grew from a cluster of houses around the chapel of that name and spread up the road in the direction of Crymych. This small estate is a continuation of that process. The land is boggy round about.

Behind the old school buildings is this modern Community building that has marvellous facilities some left over from the school, and has large function rooms suitable for any meeting or special occasion, which can be hired by local private individuals or groups.In the centre of the picture is a glass lined balcony that overlooks the playing field and play ground. This picture was taken from the furthest corner of the play area.

Plaque about how the Community Centre came about, about the hard work of the local people in raising money for the construction, the finished Centre is a building and facility to be proud of.

Photo taken from the balcony of the Community Centre building. To the left out of picture is a games / football field. The balcony is a vantage viewing point for parents or spectators.

The straight road between Hermon and Crymych, seen here at the right of the image, was built in the early 1800s across what was common land and in places was very boggy. The boggy land was put to good use with one smallholding making a type of grease from ingredients found in the bog while the water was pumped to the mines at Llanfyrnach. The rough tangled vegetation here suggests that the ground is still waterlogged. Information from the community website: http://hermonglogue.co.uk/index.htm

This school provided education for local children for 127 years since 1879, and its closure was preceded by a long and bitter fight by the local community when the county council forecast in 2002 that pupil numbers at the school would drop to 30 pupils by 2006. The case was taken to the high court on two separate occasions, leaving the Hermon campaigners with legal bills of £79,900. These were covered by heroic fund-raising efforts. When the school closed in June 2006 there were 46 pupils! The building has since been bought by the community, also through fund-raising, and it now provides pre-school education.

Looking back in the direction of the village, south. The lane, which leads on down into the Taf valley to the north, fords a stream by this house which is called Bwlch-y-dwr/pass over the water.