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Dwrbach, FISHGUARD, SA65 9RN

Tredafydd Farm, near Scleddau.

A cavity scooped out of the valley side for the purpose of excavating stone, presumably some of which must have gone to shore up the causeway across the marsh below.

Easily missed tiny arch constructed of huge stones. It carried what was once a raised causeway across the young river Cleddau Wen and its surrounding bog, later part of the pilgrim route to St David's although it is thought this bridge may date back to prehistoric times. "The bridge is of corbelled construction with 9 capstones, each measuring over 2 metres in length." (See 'Saints and Stones' by Damien Walford Davies and Anne Eastham, Gomer, 2002) The river is flowing from the right in the image, and joined by a stream from the left.

Now a minor road that links the A40 with Mathry and the road to St David's, this was formerly a raised causeway, possibly of Neolithic date, across the boggy valley of the upper Cleddau. As explained by Damien Walford Davies and Anne Eastham in their book 'Saints and Stones', Gomer, 2002, "The causeway is constructed of huge Preseli boulders, interlocking with each other and rising and falling with the water levels in the marsh or lake bed beneath....In 4000 years or so of use, smaller stones and layers of water macadam have been added by generations of road menders to build up the carriageway,until in the 19th century culm and rubble with fragments of pottery became incorporated in the fill and parapets were added" to the bridge.

Like the claws of some gigantic bird gripping on to the old walling.

Dutch barn has folded in on itself in a dramatic fashion, like a downed aircraft.

I do not know the name of the building

This strip of land between the A40 and the river was planted with a mixture of broadleafed trees a few years back and they're coming on nicely.

The same place as Image] but looking in the opposite direction, with the river on the left, the hanging woods on the right. The A40 road climbs the ridge due south. The village of Scleddau, named after the river, lies behind the photographer.