[3] The village is situated in a rich and fertile vale, watered by the river Tâf, which separates the parish from that of Llangain in the county of Carmarthen.

[1] The church, dedicated to St. David, is remarkable for the simplicity of its architecture, and displays evident features of a very remote antiquity: an elegant mural tablet of white marble, to the memory of the late David Lewis, Esq., of Hênllan and his youngest daughter, which were put up in the chancel by his widow c.1830.

[4] Notable country houses associated with the area include Trewern Mansion, Hênllan and Plas Crwn.

Trewern Mansion is a grade II listed building located about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the northeast of the village.

Hênllan, demolished in 1957, was an Italianate stuccoed mansion about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west, built in 1854 for a John L. G. P. Lewis, replacing an earlier house.