United Kingdom
Wales
South Wales
Carmarthenshire
Llanfair-Ar-Y-Bryn
Twm Siôn Cati's Cave
United Kingdom
Wales
South Wales
Carmarthenshire
Llanfair-Ar-Y-Bryn
Twm Siôn Cati's Cave
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Recommended by 3 hikers
Location: Llanfair-Ar-Y-Bryn, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
Twm Siôn Cati's Cave Is Situated within the RSPB Gwenffrwd-dinas Nature Reserve, the cave is reachable by a walk through woodlands, alongside a river bank and a steep climb to the top of Dinas Hill.
May 30, 2022
This is a 4km circular walk, no facilities at this location just a small car park that has a Donation Box to park at. Twm Sion Cati is from folklore, and it said that he hid in this cave. Twm Sion Cati earned a reputation as a sort of Welsh Robin Hood!!
Roaming the rugged west and mid part of Wales, robbing from the rich, but somehow forgetting the bit about giving to the poor. It is thought that Twm had some formal education from the tales told, he appears to have developed from a common thief and highway man into quite a crafty and clever conman. Thomas Jones, otherwise known as Twm Sion Cati was born around 1530 at Tregaron. His mother was Catherine known as Cati Jones.
Although some stories claim that he was the illegitimate son of the local squire, it is more likely that his father was actually John (Welsh form Sion) son of David ap Madog ap Howel Motheu.
May 30, 2022
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