Llandovery in Wales
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Llandovery railway station

Llandovery railway station serves the market town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line 42 miles north east of Swansea and is located at Tywi Avenue. It was opened by the independent Vale of Towy Railway company in 1858 as the terminus of a branch from Llandeilo, although the VoTR was soon leased by the Llanelly Railway (which had built the route northwards from Llanelli in stages between 1833 and 1852).

Located at 51.995, -3.803 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Railway stations in Carmarthenshire, Former Vale of Towy Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1858, Heart of Wales Line, Railway stations served by Arriva Trains Wales, DfT Category F1 stations

Llandovery Castle

Llandovery Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a hilltop overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. The Normans began construction of the castle in 1116, and shortly thereafter stopped. It was attacked and partially destroyed by Welsh forces under Gruffydd ap Rhys. The castle remained in Norman hands until 1158, when Rhys ap Gruffydd, youngest son of Gruffydd ap Rhys, seized the castle from its owner.

Located at 51.995, -3.7952 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Castles in Carmarthenshire, Castle ruins in Wales

Cefn-cerig Road

Cefn-cerig Road, a road near Cefn-cerig Farm, Llandovery, Wales, is the location of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) which marks the boundary between the Aeronian and Telychian stages of the Silurian period on the geologic time scale. The GSSP was ratified in 1984. The boundary is defined as a point immediately above the highest record of the brachiopod Eocoelia intermedia and below the first appearance of the succeeding species Eocoelia curtisi.

Located at 51.9757, -3.7844 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Geology of Wales, Stratigraphy

Alabum

Alabum was a fort in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, of which Roman Wales was a part.

Located at 52.0012, -3.79341 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient Roman forts in Carmarthenshire, Archaeological sites in Carmarthenshire

Llanfair-ar-y-bryn

Llanfair-ar-y-bryn is a community located on the A483 just north of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The Llanfair-ar-y-bryn church stands on the Alabum site, a Roman auxiliary fort, and was the parish church until 1883. William Williams Pantycelyn who is generally acknowledged as Wales's most important hymn writer is buried in the Churchyard.

Located at 52.0012, -3.79341 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Llanfair-ar-y-bryn

Afon Gwydderig

The River Gwydderig or Afon Gwydderig in Welsh is a tributary of the River Bran . It rises as the Nant Gwydderig on the southern slopes of Mynydd Bwlch-y-groes, about 3 miles North of the small village of Llywel, Powys. The A40 runs next to the river from Llywel as far as Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. The Gwydderig crosses the boundary between Powys and Carmarthenshire at the village of Halfway.

Located at 51.9833, -3.78333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rivers of Wales

Llwynywermod

Llwynywermod,, also known as Llwynywormwood, is an estate owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. The 192-acre estate is near the village of Myddfai, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire; the Duchy completed its purchase of the property in March 2007. The three-bedroom farmhouse was converted into a residence for Charles, Prince of Wales, who is also the Duke of Cornwall, by Craig Hamilton Architects using traditional building techniques.

Located at 51.9691, -3.7913 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Black Mountain, Wales, Houses in Carmarthenshire, Houses in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Country houses in Wales, Royal residences in the United Kingdom

Afon Brân

The Afon Brân is a tributary of the River Towy (or Welsh Afon Tywi) in mid Wales. Its headwaters rise in Irfon Forest in the northeastern corner of Carmarthenshire as the Cynnant Fawr and Afon Lwynor and the river assumes the name of Afon Brân at their confluence to the north of the village of Cynghordy. Its major tributary is the Afon Gwydderig which joins it at Llandovery.

Located at 51.9667, -3.81667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rivers of Carmarthenshire