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Afon Teifi at Cenarth (Walk 2)

In the reign of Henry IV, Owain Glyndwr, the last of the Welsh Princes, upset the apple cart for a time, having obtained the assistance of an army of 12,000 men from France and, being joined by several of the Welsh chieftains, he set about regaining control of the country. Unfortunately for him, his battle plan was flawed, particularly with regard to a lack of artillery to defend his strongholds and ships to protect the coastline, and in 1409 he was driven out of the area by the superior resources of the English. Amazingly, he was never captured, despite a huge ransom on his head.

Following the Civil War in the 17th century, the castles of Carmarthenshire that had supported the royal cause soon fell to the parliamentarian forces, resulting in Cromwell ordering their dismantling and so preventing their use in any further skirmishes.

Old barns at Ty hen (Walk 3)

In the ensuing years, the great Welsh spiritual and educational movement had its roots in the little village of Llanddowror, where the celebrated and pious vicar, Griffith Jones, had become the founder of the Welsh circulating charity schools.