Setting
The village is set in a rural landscape at the extreme eastern end of Brecon Beacons National Park and to the immediate east of the Black Mountains. The Skirrid or Ysgyryd Fawr lies just to the south whilst Llanthony Priory lies in the Vale of Ewyas just to the northwest. The area is farmed with a mix of sheep and dairy cattle grazing and pasture and arable crops.
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