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Pendine, Carmarthenshire(Sir Gaerfyrddin), stands where the hills return to the sea beyond the burrows and flatland that extend westward from Laugharne. It is 14 miles South West. from Carmarthen. The village has been overwhelmed by caravan sites, cafés, and car parks, all drawn to the spot by the presence of the magnificent 5-mile beach of firm sand. The sands remain open to the public to make them a magnet for holiday-makers. Pendine was a famous course for record-breakers during the heroic years of speed attempts after the First World War. The Welsh ace, Parry Thomas, was killed here, and his car is buried in one of the sand-dunes. There is a strong movement among enthusiasts to exhume it and place it in Pendine as a memorial to an important era in British car development.

The church, with its saddleback roof, is at the top of the hill above the village. It was built in 1860. About 1½ miles inland, North of Pendine, is Eglwys Gymyn, on the road to the charmingly named hamlet of Red Roses. The church is small but interesting. It stands within a triple circular earthwork that may be pre-Christian, and is surprisingly re-dedicated to St Margaret of Scotland, probably because Guy de Brian of Laugharne, who claimed descent from Margaret, repaired it in the early 14^th century. Within, the floor is stone flagged, the roof vaulted, and the walls plastered white. Two treasures are a first edition of Peter Williams's Bible - Williams was a curate here for a short time and a remarkable stone with Ogham markings and a Latin inscription to A vitoria Filia Cunigni (Avitoria, daughter of Cunignus). Cunignus was Cynin, a son or grandson of Brychein Brycheiniog, the ruler who gave his name to Breconshire. It forms a direct link with the earliest days of Celtic Christianity in these parts. The church also possesses an ancient pilgrim's bottle, and the Ten Commandments in Welsh painted over a 16^th century English version on the North wall.

About 2 miles West of Pendine, on the road to Amroth, is Marros, with a Victorian church and a war memorial in the shape of a trilithon. rather reminiscent of Stonehenge. The hill on which the village stands is 453 ft above sea-level. The land to the South plunges steeply down to the sea and protects the lonely beach of Marros Sands. You must walk and scramble to get here. It is one of the few places left on the coast where the motorist is not in evidence.

Nearby towns: Carmarthen, Saundersfoot, St Clears

Nearby villages: Abernant, Amroth, Begelly, Clynderwen, Crunwear, Cwmfelin Boeth, East Williamston, Ferryside, Gelliwen, Gumfreston, Henllan Amgoed, Jeffreyston, Kilgetty, Lampeter Velfrey, Laugharne, Llanboidy, Llandissilio, Llandowror, Llanfallteg, Llangain, Llangynin, Llansadurnen, Llansteffan, Llanteg, Llanybri, Llanycefn, Login, Ludchurch, Lydstep, Marros, Meidrim, Merthyr, Narberth, New Hedges, Penally, Redberth, Reynalton, Robeston Wathen, Saint Florence, Saint Ishmael, Stepaside, Tavernspite, Templeton, Tenby, Whitland, Wisemans Bridge

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