The village of Devil's Bridge is set in beautiful countryside and is most famous for the waterfalls and the bridge, which is in fact three bridges one on top of another. It is also the terminus of the Vale of Rheidol steam railway that puffs its way up and down the hills from Aberystwyth. The village is known in Welsh as Pontarfynach - 'The Bridge Over the Mynach river' but Devil's Bridge is the name that most people use.
The original, lowest, bridge was built between the 11thC and 13th Century, and the two upper bridges were subsequently built when the original was considered unsafe. When you consider the drop below the bridge you have to admire the skills of the original bridge builder, whether he was the Devil or not. Legend has it that the bridge was built by the Devil as it was too difficult for people to build. But being the Devil he put a clause in the contract that he would receive the soul of the first life to cross the bridge.