June

Summer is here, and Pembrokeshire is looking lovely - the hedgerows are full of wild flowers, the air is full of birdsong. We can't promise a perfect summer, but it's been pretty good so far...

Maen-Offeiriad is an old smallholding in Preseli Pembrokeshire. We have two self-catering cottages, the Studio and the Garden House.
The Studio is a a small converted stone barn, ideal for a couple, perhaps with children, or for two friends. It's simple, rustic and funky, and dogs are welcome.
The Garden House is a three bedroom wooden house that would sleep up to five comfortably - ideal for a family or a group of friends.
We're taking bookings for both properties for May onwards.
The buildings are set in five acres of gardens, copses and fields. It's very green and very peaceful; guests are welcome to use our gardens and land. There's a beautiful walled garden that's a real sun-trap, and lots of nice picnic spots in the fields and under the trees.

Maen-Offeiriad is on the lower slopes of Foel Drygan, the easternmost peak of the high ridge of the Preseli Mountains in North Pembrokeshire. It's a beautiful, peaceful place, filled with birdsong. The open hillside of the Preseli Mountains is five minutes walk away, with over thirty square kilometres of hill and moorland without roads. The stunning North Pembrokeshire coastline is fifteen minutes away by car. The nearest larger town is Cardigan, about twenty minutes drive away. The area is part of the Pembrokeshire National Park, the only coastal national park in the country, and is amazingly rich in wildlife, from owls and red kites to otters, dolphins and seals.

Maen-Offeiriad (pronounced 'mine off-airy-add') means 'the priest-stone'. We've been told that the name refers to a large slab of Preseli Bluestone half-hidden beneath an oak tree, but no-one seems to know where the name comes from. The spot has been occupied for a very long time; there is a very old stone pigsty next to the cottage that's a listed building! The stone buildings are thought to be around two hundred years old, but they are probably built on the site of earlier structures.