The Devil's Beef

views along the way. fort, enjoying extensive to the highest point of the River Dee, the walk heads strolling beside the broad After leaving the wood and opposite side of the valley. Iron Age hillfort on the Caer Drewyn, an impressive here you can look across to of the Prince of Wales. From to commemorate the marriage monument first built in 1863 Pen-y-pigyn with its town of Corwen leads to from the historic, market A short, woodland climb both sides of the Dee Valley. in two superb viewpoints on near the end of walk. metres The cairn on km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0 This walk takes hamilton dorothy cho 23 u Distance: 5¾ miles/9.2km u miles/9.2km 5¾ Distance: 2 s C en by… aer D rewyn 4

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