St Govan's Chapel

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Tiny hermit's chapel wedged in a sea cliff.

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A tiny stone chapel jammed into a cleft in the limestone cliffs at St Govan’s Head, reached down a worn flight of 52 steps. It’s traditionally linked to St Govan, a 6th-century hermit said to have sheltered in the rock here, though the building itself is largely 13th century. Two small chambers, stone benches and an empty bell-cote, and not much else — that’s the point. Pembroke station is about 8km north, but the last stretch is by road across the Castlemartin range.

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