3 linear walks covering 38km - accommodation
The Monk’s Trod traces a lonely pathway across ‘miles’ of hills & moors joining Strata Florida to Abbey Cwmhir
Join us at Beili Neaudd Bothy for 3 guided linear walks to cover the whole 38km (24miles) of the Mid Wales Monk's Trod.
The Monk's Trod traces a lonely pathway across 'miles' of hills and moors joining Strata Florida to Abbey Cwmhir. This particular Monk's trod is unusual in that it has not been overlain with a more recent track or road (at least from Strata Florida to Pont Marteg); it simply fell out of use after the dissolution of the the monasteries. In places it is obvious that considerable work was done to cut the pathway, it wasn't just a well trodden path. At Nant y Sarn there seems to be a supporting stone for a bridge where there is now a ford. Accounts from the 12th century state that the journey from abbey to abbey could be achieved in a single day.
Special points of interest:
Strata Florida
Teifi Lakes, Llyn Egnant dam
Claerwen NNR
Nant y Sarn ford
Lluest-pen-rhiw stone boundary
The River Wye crossing at Pont Marteg and Pont Marteg visitor area
Gilfach Farm NNR that has 4 Environmental designations
Part of The Wye Valley Walk
Llywelyn's grave - the last Prince of Wales
Tympanum Stone at Home Farm, Abbey Cwmhir
Abbey Cwmhir