Nevern ( cy, Nanhyfer) is both a

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

and a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...

in Pembrokeshire,

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. The community includes the settlements of

Felindre Farchog Felindre Farchog (; rough English translation: mill village of the knight, or horseman) is a small village in the community of Nevern in Pembrokeshire, Wales, located around south-west of Cardigan, and within the parish of Bayvil. The A487 road ...

, Monington,

Moylgrove Moylgrove ( cy, Trewyddel), also spelled Moylegrove, is a village and parish in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, about from Cardigan, in the community of Nevern. Description The placename "Moylegrove" means "Matilda's Grove"; "Matilda" may have bee ...

and

Bayvil Bayvil ( cy, Y Beifil) is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the north of the county, east of Newport. It is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish includes most of the village of Felindre Farchog. Tog ...

. The small village lies in the Nevern valley near the

Preseli Hills The Preseli Hills or, as they are known locally and historically, Preseli Mountains, ( Welsh: ''Mynyddoedd y Preseli / Y Preselau'' , ) is a range of hills in western Wales, mostly within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The range stre ...

of the

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Pembrokeshire Coast National Park ( cy, Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro) is a national park along the Pembrokeshire coast in west Wales. It was established as a National Park in 1952. It is one of three national parks in Wales, the others b ...

east of Newport on the B4582 road.

History

Neolithic

The area around Nevern has been occupied since at least

neolithic The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several p ...

times (about 4,000 years ago); evidence includes barrows revealed in an aerial survey during the 2018 heatwave.

Norman rule

When the ruler of

Deheubarth Deheubarth (; lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South") was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: ''Venedotia''). It is now used as a shorthand for the various realms united under the House o ...

, Rhys ap Tewdwr, died in battle and his lands were forfeited to the Normans, Martin de Turribus became the

Marcher Lord A Marcher lord () was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales. A Marcher lord was the English equivalent of a margrave (in the Holy Roman Empire) or a marquis (in ...

of Kemes, with his

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