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Houses of most of the monastic orders had come into Wales by now, paramount being the Cistercian house of Strata Florida, inland at Pontrhydfendigaid, under the patronage of the lords of Deheubarth and holding significant areas of coastal land at Dolaeron, Morfa Mawr and Morfa Bychan. Whitland Abbey in Carmarthenshire held coastal land at Porth Fechan (by Aberporth) and at Esgair Saith (by Tresaith). Cardigan and Llanbadarn were Benedictine foundations.

The Glyndŵr revolt

At Machynlleth the coast path reaches the place most closely associated with Owain Glyndŵr. He was born in around 1354, was well-read, spoke English, knew the legal system and became a soldier loyal to the English king.

Wales was turbulent in the 14th century, with much anger still emanating from Edward I’s subjugation of the country and from more recent swingeing taxes. The revolt arose from a local dispute with the English Lord Grey of Ruthin, who had apparently seized some of Glyndŵr’s land. The courts failing to back him, Glyndŵr took up the cudgels and, having been declared Prince of Wales in 1400 by the insurrectionists, first attacked Ruthin with some 4000 men, then moved on through Oswestry to Welshpool.