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Carmarthenshire, Swansea & The Gower - Castles, Cathedrals,
Monuments,
Stately Homes & Palaces
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Since the stone age, man has been
creating majestic structures that we still marvel at
today.
Whether you are interested in ancient monuments,
battlefield sites,
re-enactments,
Roman and Norman forts and castles, Stately Homes, Country Houses, Historic
Cathedrals, Ruined Abbeys etc, this is the page that
should give you the information you need.
Here we try to list properties in
private ownership but open to the public (even if only
occasionally) as well as those in the care of the
National Trust or English/Scottish Heritage.
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We know that not all the
properties in Carmarthenshire, Swansea & The Gower
are listed. Please help us
make this guide comprehensive by giving details of
missing attractions
here.
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Laugharne Castle
Market St, Laugharne, Carmarthen SA33 4SA
Tel: 01994 427906
Re-opened to the public in the July of 1996
after twenty years of extensive excavation and
restoration, Laugharne castle stands on a low
ridge overlooking the wide Taf river estuary and
perhaps is today better know for its
associations with the poet Dylan Thomas instead
for its picturesque location. One of a string of
fortresses controlling the ancient road of
communication along the south Wales coast line
the castle as a long and chequered history. It
was originated as a Norman earth and timber
stronghold, mentioned in about 1116 as the
castle of Robert Courtemain, (but the first
record of the Norman castle is dated 1189),
re-built in stone during the 13th and 14th
centuries by the various successive generations
of the de Brian family. Great parts of their
works still survive, including the domed round
keep tower and the protruding mighty gatehouse
of the inner bailey constructed in a warm
red-brown sandstone with distinctive green stone
addictions.
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Swansea Castle
Castle Street, Swansea
Tel: 01267 233776
It stands on a cliff top, below which the river
Tawe originally flowed, and its position was
strategic: it commanded the lowest crossing of
the river, the main east-west route in south
Wales, and a good harbour.
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Ammanford Evangelical
Church
Wind Street, Ammanford
Tel: 01269 593182
E-mail:
jdthomas20002001@yahoo.co.uk
Located in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, the
Church is a welcoming community of all ages,
interests and backgrounds. We hope you find this
site helpful and informative and we hope to see
you in one of our future events.
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The Dylan Thomas Boathouse
Dylan's Walk, Laugharne SA33 4SD
Tel: 01994 427420 Fax:
01994 427420
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea in 1914 and
died in New York in 1953.
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