page_title: Mynachlog-ddu
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mynachlog-ddu / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Entering Mynachlog-ddu The name of this remote Preseli village is usually thought to derive from the Welsh for 'black monks' but it has also been suggested it may be a corruption of mynach Llandudoch/the monks of Llandudoch which is the Welsh name for St Dogmael's where there is an abbey to which the village belonged (the same saint also the patron of the parish church).
context_page_description: Mynachlog-ddu is a village, parish and community in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The community includes the parish of Llangolman.
context_section_description: Mynachlog-ddu and the surrounding Preselis are rich in prehistoric remains. It is one of the possible sites of the Battle of Mynydd Carn in 1081. By c.1100 it was under the control of the Normans. Much has been unenclosed moorland since mediaeval times, with few houses. The village developed as housing for slate quarry workers and there has been a chapel in the village since 1794.
  The population of the parish in 1821 was 447.
  Carn Menyn is presumed to be the source of the bluestones used in the inner circle of Stonehenge. In 2000/2001 a project was established to try to transport a piece of bluestone from the village to Stonehenge. The project ended when the stone sank in the sea. It was lifted out a few months after, but the project was never resumed. A comedy based on the idea of a campaign to have the bluestones returned Bringing Back the Bluestones premiered in Pembrokeshire.
  There are six listed structures in the community.
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