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BRYNMENYN
The sleepy little village of Brynmenyn is at the entrance to the spectacular Garw Valley at a crossroads leading off to the Ogmore and Llynfi Valleys. Stone built, traditional terraced cottages add to the ‘Old World’ charm of the village. Brynmenyn is one of the few villages in the area still retaining the original Rail Track, with plans for it to be used as a Steam service up the Garw Valley.
The Legend of Brynmenyn
Throughout the Celtic world, people repeat legends that involve Phantom funerals. In nearly all the legends, there was a ghostly procession that would march to the house of someone who was about to die. On arrival at the house, they would suddenly disappear again. Occasionally the procession would carry on to the churchyard. The mourners were always very difficult to see and appeared to be almost transparent, yet either the coffin or one mourner was more prominent than anyone else.
Once a young girl from a nearby village told how she saw a coffin placed on the mounting stones near to the Masons Arms Inn one snowy night. The area around the coffin had footprints in the snow. When she mentioned this to her father, the innkeeper, he could see nothing but an empty silent courtyard. Was she dreaming or did she see it? Who can tell!
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