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Photography by John Ball - 10.30am, 13 August 1998(with Agfa ePhoto-307 digital camera)

The historic church of St Bilo is in the tiny village of Llanfilo, near Talgarth in Breconshire.

Image 1:

St Bilo's viewed from the south-west. The oldest parts of the church date back to AD 1100, but the pyramidal roof on the tower was rebuilt in 1851. The south doorway is probably 14th century.

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Looking eastwards, we can see the distant Black Mountains of Breconshire.

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Some of the oldest gravestones from the churchyard are now mounted high on the south and east walls of the church.

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This view from near the lychgate entrance shows the sloping ground on which the church was built.

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