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All the United Kingdom Wales St Dogmaels

The Atlas Obscura Guide To St Dogmaels

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in St Dogmaels, Wales

Updated October 6, 2023

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The Blessing Stone

St Dogmaels, Wales

The Blessing Stone

Since the Middle Ages, this stone has been used as a place to bless fishing boats moored at the nearby landing stage.
Mermaid in St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels, Wales

Peregrine and the Mermaid

A wooden statue of a mermaid commemorates one fisherman's generosity.
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An owl made out of shells inside the Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage.

Newchapel, Wales

Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.
5 miles from St Dogmaels
Pentre Ifan

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Pentre Ifan

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.
6 miles from St Dogmaels
A man rowing a cowskin coracle in Bures, England

Cenarth, Wales

National Coracle Centre

A museum dedicated to Wales’ favorite—and strangest-looking—watercraft.
7 miles from St Dogmaels
Carn Goedog

Eglwyswrw, Wales

Carn Goedog

This rocky outcrop served as a quarry for some of the bluestones that sit at the center of Stonehenge.
8 miles from St Dogmaels
Exterior of the historic Dyffryn Arms pub.

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Dyffryn Arms

A historic pub in the front room of a Victorian-era house.
11 miles from St Dogmaels
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