Llanddeusant is a

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

in the Black Mountain Range of the

Brecon Beacons National Park Brecon Beacons National Park, officially named Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (), is a National parks of the United Kingdom, national park in Wales. It is named after the Brecon Beacons (), the mountain range at its centre. The national park ...

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire (; or informally ') is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. ...

, Wales. It is about 5 miles southeast of

Llangadog Llangadog () is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which also includes the villages of Bethlehem and Capel Gwynfe. A notable local landscape feature is Y Garn Goch with two Iron Age hill forts.The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of ...

. Llanddeusant lies within the Llansadwrn & Llangadog / Myddfai & Llanddeusant

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, which had a population of 2,412 at

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. The boundaries were changed and most of the population was shown under the Llangadog community. The remaining population at the 2011 census was 220 only. The name, meaning "church of two saints", is supposed to originate from the fact that

Teilo Saint Teilo ( or '; Wainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; or '; – 9 February ), also known as Eliud, was a British Christian monk, bisho ...

and

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are believed to have met there. The 'Old Red Lion Inn' is now a

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.Youth Hostel, Llanddeusant
/ref> The community includes the hamlet of Twynllanan.

Setting

The village lies below the prominent north-facing scarp of the Black Mountain and the

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Llyn y Fan Fach Llyn y Fan Fach (Welsh language, Welsh meaning "little lake of the peak") is a lake of approximately on the northern margin of the Black Mountain (range), Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, South Wales and lying within the Brecon Beacons Nationa ...

. The lake is the setting of a famous

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known as

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Beacons Way

The

Beacons Way The Beacons Way (Welsh: Ffordd y Bannau) is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. It is a linear route which runs for east to west through the National Park, and passes many of the most important landmar ...

runs through Llanddeusant. In the west, the route climbs to

Carreg Cennen Castle Carreg Cennen Castle () is a castle sited on a high rocky outcrop overlooking the River Cennen, close to the village of Trap, four miles south east of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, Wales. ''Castell Carreg Cennen'' means ''castle on a rock next ...

and

Garn Goch Y Garn Goch is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the east of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The name means the 'red cairn'. It lies near the village of Bethlehem, three miles southwest of Llangadog and four miles east of Llandeilo on the so ...

. The route finishes at the railway station at

having formerly stopped at the village of

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. The community is bordered by the communities of:

Quarter Bach Quarter Bach () is a community located in the east of Carmarthenshire, Wales. Description It is at the foot of the Black Mountain, in the far east of the county. The main settlement here is Upper Brynamman, though it also includes Cefnbrynb ...

;

; and

Myddfai Myddfai () is a small village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is situated south of Llandovery in the Brecon Beacons, and has a population of 415, decreasing to 398 at the 2011 census. The village is a popular tourist destination on ...

, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by

Llywel Llywel () is a small village and Community (Wales), community located on the A40 road, A40, about west of Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. The Afon Gwydderig runs through the village, not far from its source. The main settlement in the community is ...

and

Ystradgynlais Ystradgynlais (; ) is a town in southwest Powys, Wales. It is located on the River Tawe, and was within the boundaries of the former county of Brecknockshire. The town has a high proportion of Welsh language-speakers. The community includes C ...

Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...

References

External links

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www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanddeusant and surrounding area
Black Mountain (range) Communities in Carmarthenshire {{Carmarthenshire-geo-stub