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Newport is of Norman origins
and its castle stands today, but there is evidence
of human settlement as early as Mesolithic times.
The town lies on the lower slopes of Carn Ingli,
where, it is said, St. Brynach communed with
angels.
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The nearby ancient Preseli
Mountains afford spectacular views from their
summit and are,
perhaps, the most magical part of
Pembrokeshire.
Neolithic man lived here, and his places of
worship - stone circles such as Gors Fawr near
Mynachlog-Ddu and his cromlechs, or burial
mounds, such as Pentre Ifan, still stand watch
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It was from these Preseli
Mountains that the famous bluestones were taken to
Stonehenge, an incredible feat of engineering
involving transporting 8-tonne stones along rivers
and overland to Salisbury Plains. In 1995, a
ready-cut bluestone was discovered in the river
near Milford Haven, where it had presumably
tumbled off its barge on the long journey to
Wiltshire 4000 years ago.
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