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Llyn Llech Owain is a
lake and country park near Gorslas, Carmarthenshire,
Wales. This is the story of how the lake was created.
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Many years ago on Mynydd Mawr, in
Carmarthenshire, there was a magic well. Over this the
local farmer kept a large flat stone, which he was
always careful to replace over its mouth after he had
satisfied himself or his beast with water. |
One summer evening Owain Glyndwr was
passing through the ancient kingdom of South Wales, and he
and his horse were weary and spent. He chanced upon the well
on Mynydd Mawr, and removing the covering stone, drank long
and deep draughts of the bubbling fountain, and gave to his
parched steed.
He then went to sleep, without sealing the spring. In the
night he was awakened by the sound of flowing waters, and
looking out saw a dark lake where the emerald meadows had
smiled, white with flocks. Saddling his horse, he rode round
the flood, and the horse's track in galloping round the
water put a stop to its further overflow. |