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START 0.0 Depart Brecon Tourist
Information Office located in the public town centre car park on local
road (South-East) for 98 metres.
00:00 0.1 Turn RIGHT
at junction (South-West) onto B4520 76 metres
00:01 0.1 Turn RIGHT again at
junction (West) onto B4601 for 0.9 ml. Continue out of Brecon Town
Centre past Christ College until reaching junction of A40 and A470 at
roundabout on outskirts of town.
00:04 1.0 Bear RIGHT (West) onto A40 for
10.8 mile towards Llandovery.
00:18 11.8 At Trecastle, stay on A40 and
continue onwards for 8.7 mile until you reach Llandovery. At Llandovery
look for the public car park adjacent to the Llandovery Heritage Centre
and Castle Hotel.
00:30 20.6 At Llandovery, leave car park,
turn left staying on A40 for 0.1 mile before taking a LEFT onto the
Llandeilo road.
00:31 20.7 Stay on the A4069 for 5.5 mile
until you reach Llangadog.
00:39 26.2 At Llangadog, stay on A4069
and continue onwards for 12.1 miles until you reach Brynamman.
00:57 38.4 At Brynamman, return LEFT East
continuing on the A4068 for 5.4 mile towards Cwmllynfell.
01:06 43.8 At Gurnos, turn LEFT
(North-East) onto A4067 for 4.1 mile towards Ystradgynlais.
01:12 47.8 At Abercraf, stay on A4067 for
12.6 mile Ynyswen
01:31 60.4 At Devynock, stay on A4067 for
0.9 mile towards Sennybridge.
01:33 61.3 At junction, continue
(North-East) on A40 for 7.1 mile towards Brecon.
01:43 68.4 On Reaching the roundabout at
the junction of the A470 and A4067 bear LEFT (East) onto B4601 for 0.9 mile
towards Brecon town centre.
01:46 69.3 At Brecon town centre drive
over the , turn LEFT (North) onto B4520 76 yds Llandefaelogfâch
01:46 69.4 Turn LEFT (North-West) onto
Local road(s) 98 yds
01:46 69.4 Arrive Brecon Tourist
Information Office in town centre car park.
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Trecastle was at one time an old coaching village and evidence for this
can still be seen by the continuing presence of some of the old inns which
provided accommodation for travellers. Trecastle is named after an early
12th century motte and bailey fortification. Near the village can be found
the site of Y Pigwn - an important
Roman military overnight marching camp. In Trecastle today you will find a
few places to eat and drink, some antique shops and overnight
accommodation.
The A 40 Trunk Road between Brecon and Llandovery
passes through Trecastle. Near the appropriately named hamlet of
Halfway located between Trecastle and Llandovery there is a noticeable
obelisk on the roadside which commemorates a coach full of passengers
which went over the edge and down into the adjoining river Valley in 1835.
The stage coach was driven by a drunken driver and the obelisk which is
known locally as the "coachman's cautionary" or the "mail coach pillar" is
one of the earliest warnings against drink driving.
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