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St David's
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(43km/27m NW of Pembroke)
The tiniest of cathedral towns, in effect a village, occupying almost the most westerly point in mainland Wales, on a promontory in Dyfed. It was here that St *David established his monastery in the 6C. The present cathedral, set among fields in a small valley, was begun in 1180. It is known in particular for its ornate flat timber ceiling of the late 15C, and for the oddity of a gradual rise of some 4.25m/14ft in the floor level from the west door to the altar. Nearby are the ruins of a spectacularly large bishop's palace (12–14C).
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