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Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales

by Jonathan Ceredig Davies

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Brynberian (Pembrokeshire)

Near Brynberian, in North Pembrokeshire, there is a grave known as “Bedd yr Afanc,” or the Avanc’s Grave. According to an old tradition in the neighbourhood, this Avanc was a most dangerous beast or monster, which at last, after much trouble, was caught in a pool in the river, and buried with pomp and religious rites on a spot which still bears the name “Bedd yr Afanc.”

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