Abandoned 2/2
Stripped fibre-glass boat left high and dry, Newport estuary, Pembrokeshire
Month: June 2015
Landscape: wreck
Abandoned 1/2
Wooden wreck of a boat among the reeds of the Newport estuary, Pembrokeshire
Building: gateway
Side view of surviving medieval gateway to Carmarthen Castle
The two-storey building to the right houses the early modern police lock-up and current information centre
Building: classical
Classically inspired building, Carmarthen
The elongated portico gives a good impression of a temple in a town which has been continuously inhabited for two millennia
Building: arena
Steps down to the Roman arena, Carmarthen
The ‘oldest town in Wales’ also has the remains of a little-known arena
Walk: gates
A walk to Crughywel hillfort:
a contrasting pair of gates and a defaced sign: LOGS MUST BE ON A LAD
Walk: pause
A walk to Crughywel hillfort: a pause to admire a view of Sugarloaf … Continue reading “Walk: pause”
Walk: vistas
A walk to Crughywel hillfort: views of Sugarloaf Mountain above Abergavenny from the Iron Age ramparts of Crughywel hillfort (Howell’s hill) … Continue reading “Walk: vistas”
Walk: level
A walk to Crughywel hillfort: approaching on the level, Sugarloaf on the horizon … Continue reading “Walk: level”
Walk: sheepfold
A walk to Crughywel hillfort:
counter-intuitively walking away from the hillfort through a sheepfold … Continue reading “Walk: sheepfold”
