Aberthaw Limeworks

On December the 22nd 1888  'The Aberthaw Pebble Limestone Company' opened the lime works at Aberthaw near the coast of South Wales. The owner David Owen was also the  owner of the  local newspaper 'Western Mail' which still exists today.Visit Date August 2023Aberthaw LimeworksThe works were primarily built to utilise the huge number of Limestone Pebbles that had previously...

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St. Dogmaels Abby and St Thomas' Church.

Founded in 1120 on the site of an earlier pre-Norman church, St. Dogmael’s status as a religious centre can be seen in extensive ruins which span four centuries of monastic life. Elements of the church and cloister are 12th century in origin, while the tall west and north walls of the nave are 13th century.Visit Date September 2023St Dogmaels Abbey - InfirmarySt Dogmaels story starts long before the...

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Ynyscedwyn Ironworks

The site of the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is a remnant of the past and is one of the most iconic sightsin the village of Ystradgynlais near Swansea.Visit Date March 2023Click on the any image for a larger viewYnyscedwyn Ironworks' long history has been traced. Thanks to a find of pig iron it has been able to date iron production here back to 1612.As you would expect the site has gone through...

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Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber.

 Tŷ Newydd burial chamber although ruined, is still a good example of a megalithic dolmen. Set on a natural outcrop it would originally have been covered with a mound or cairn now marked out by the small bollards that surround it.Visit Date May 2023Click on image for a larger version.Ty-Newydd has a massive cracked capstone, about 4.0m by 1.8m and up to 1.2m thick, that rests on three...

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Cenarth Falls

 Cenarth is a small village on the border of Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. The focus of the village is Cenarth Falls, a series of small waterfalls and pools on the river Teifi known as The Salmon Leaps.Visit Date September 2023The waterfalls are one of the first real barriers to salmon and seatrout on their way up the Teifi from the sea to spawn.There has been a mill...

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