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January 16, 2021 Pont Minllyn, the 17th century bridge built for pack horses crossing the River Dovey at Dinas Mawddwy. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo A bridge coming up for four centuries old is todays Secret Britain spot. Not content with translating the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer into Welsh, Dr John Davies built this charming packhorse bridge across the River Dyfi, just south of Dinas Mawddwy, in the early 17th century. On the edge of the Snowdonia National Park, the village i...

Country Life Trending: Annie Elwes investigates the ruins of Carn Euny. This is a strange place, particularly when viewed from the air, because we’re so used to seeing ruins in squares or rectangles, but ancient man had no such love of angles. Higgledy-piggledy foundations of 2nd- to 4th-century stone huts can be seen at Carn Euny, near Sancreed on the Penwith peninsula, abandoned in the late-Roman period. Carn Euny pictured from the air by a Historic England Staff Photographer. The sett...