Blaenwaun is a small village in

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, Wales, north of

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. It is one of the five villages of

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parish, in the diocese of St. David's. It lies above sea level, making it one of the highest villages in the

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peninsula. The village features a pub named (The Lamb Inn). There is a phone box and a children's play area owned by Llanwino Community Council. Moreia Welsh Independent Chapel was built in 1828 and remodelled in 1885. Swyddfa bost Blaen-waun

It was previously home to the smallest

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in Wales, a brick structure built in 1936 which was moved to

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, near

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, in 1992. , a mobile post office visits the village twice a week. Dyffryn Brodyn, a 5.5 MW 11-turbine wind farm built in 1994, is adjacent to the village.

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{{authority control Villages in Carmarthenshire