In 1660, a flood changed the course of the River Wye. The old parish church, which had stood at the confluence of the Wye and the Llynfi for centuries, was abandoned. The village moved to higher ground. The site of the former church is still visible today, marked by a group of ancient yew trees near the river.
Among the last to leave was a man named Edwyn Price, the church sexton. In the years that followed, he was seen walking the riverbank where the church had been, increasingly withdrawn. Those who spoke to him said he talked of Saint Cynidr — a sixth-century bishop long believed to be buried in Glasbury — and claimed the saint had spoken to him as the waters rose.
Before he died, Edwyn is said to have buried something near the old church site — a set of three words, marking a place: vine anchovies scoots. He left no instructions, only a series of clues scattered across the village for anyone patient enough to follow them.
Nobody ever did. The clues are still there.