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St Clears

This small market town was the site of the defeat of Owain Glyndwr by Pembrokeshire’s army in 1406. Later, in the 1840s, St Clears was involved in more trouble when it featured in the Rebecca Riots during, which the rioters destroyed toll gates. All that remains of St Clears Castle is its motte. It was founded in the 11th century, but we know little about its early history.

The Glyn-Coch Craft Centre offers visitors some hundreds of locally hand-made crafts. There’s also a small working pottery, wild life to be seen on the Woodland Walk; farm animals and machinery, and displays of local and general interest.

The large Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene had its origins in a Clunaic priory established here in the 12th century. It was a daughter house of St Martin des Champs in Paris, but supported only two or three monks at a time. As an ‘alien’ (i.e. foreign) priory, it was always viewed with suspicion, especially when England was at war with France. So much so that it was finally dissolved in 1414.