Locations and Buildings of Note
To the west of the village, on the old Neath road, lies Tyn-y-graig Mansion. Tyn - Y Graig was built be the owner of Vale of Neath Brewery, Evans Bevan, for his daughter. This can be glimpsed from the A4109 road when travelling north, just as you pass Blaenant colliery. Walking behind the mansion up to Bull Rock (Craig Poeth is the original Welsh name, lit. = "hot rock"), provides not only a striking bird's eye view of this house but also, in April and May, of the woods richly carpeted in bluebells.
Saint Illtud's Way also passes through the village, and there is a rumour that Gelli Galed, an old (now ruined) farmhouse dating back to the 17th century, which is perched on a ridge of Marchywel above the village, used to be a chapel for resting monks on their way to St David's. Certainly a great deal of historical importance is attached to the building: for example, it is purported that there was a secret chamber used for hiding fugitives during the English Civil War. It was also used as a chapel during the 18th century, serving the inhabitants of the area on both sides of Marchywel mountain.
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