The Parish of Llanwynno (extracts)

miles, though a course could be designed that was 12 miles long. As Footnote 13 above, shows, it was also slightly uphill, particularly at the end. 15 A remote mediaeval church, high in the hills at Llanwynno. 16 The back of Guto Nythbran's headstone can be seen just to the right of the porch. 17 Evan Richard (sometimes given as Richards); he was born in Llantrisant, but spent most of his life in Llanwynno. He was a major literary figure in the area, and a winner at various local and national eisteddfodau. Glanffrwd described him as "a poet of renown and a first- class bard", but he was dead by the time Glanffrwd wrote in 1888, and he regretted that none of Meudwy Gian Ely's work seemed to have survived. He was "a full handsome man, with a strong and alert mind. He was tall, sinewy, of firm build, and very brisk in his manner [and] there was finer or better walker anywhere around " He too, ran with the Llanwynno hounds, so was perhaps perfectly suited to appreciate Guto Nythbran's achievements. He wrote the second four-lines of verse on Guto's headstone. 18 Glanffrwd wrote the first four-'lines of verse on Guto's headstone plus all of the factual material above it, including the reference to his race against Prince. 19 Evan Thomas was Glanffrwd's uncle (his father's brother).