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Ruins of Old Factory & Dam, GCG. (postcard by D Jenkins & Sons)
 Is this the old woollen factory at Pwllywrach ?

This extract from the History of Pontardawe & District by John Henry Davies;
"The Gwrach (river) leads us back to the period when superstition was rampant and witches were supposed to haunt the villages with their curses.There is a pool called Pwll y wrach......the witch's pool. From Pwll y wrach the stream leaps down steep rocks towards Garnant, the name Garnant is derived from Garw nant, or rough stream. It then loses itself in the R Amman a tributary of the Llwchwr[Lougher]which goes on to the sea"

Post card contributed by David Smith, Feb 2003