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he remains of how people in the past lived, farmed, fought and buried their dead can be found scattered across
moorland known as Betws Mountain to the southwest of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire. However, these remains
are slight, minuscule even, compared with the massive wind turbines that now dominate the landscape. This
pamphlet provides a guide to some of the remains.

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