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Llanddewi Brefi

The small community of Llandewi Brefi (population 500) became famous as the home of Daffyd, “the only gay in the village” in the TV comedy series Little Britain. Residents say the rather dubious fame has changed little. The newsagent observed “I only sell the Gay Times to order and one hasn’t been placed with me so far”

This traditional country village was host, in AD519, to a synod attended by St David. The meeting was called to debate the Pelagian heresy, a doctrine advocating freedom of thought rather than the Biblical version of original sin that determined the morality of the time. The Parish Church of St David stands on a mound said to have risen up as St David preached during the synod. The church itself dates from the 13th century and contains some old inscribed stones. One is known as St David’s Staff and another has an inscription in the obscure Ogham language thought to commemorate a heretic of the type that St David was denouncing.

Close by are the sites of several hill forts including Llanfair Clydogau, where the Romans mined for silver. They sit beside the Sarn Helen, a military road that once connected a gold mine in the south, at Dolaucothi, with a fort at Bremia in the north.