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carol27
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Edited Feb 16, 2018, 20:21
South Wales
Feb 16, 2018, 19:00
Usual pathetic request..this time for special sites in South Wales please. Staying in Carmarthen, Wales... ( of course). 4 days. Love, lazy Carol xx
PS I am looking up sites but tend to get a bit bamboozled!
tjj
tjj
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Edited Feb 17, 2018, 13:48
Re: South Wales
Feb 16, 2018, 20:39
carol27 wrote:
Usual pathetic request..this time for special sites in South Wales please. Staying in Carmarthen, Wales... ( of course). 4 days. Love, lazy Carol xx
PS I am looking up sites but tend to get a bit bamboozled!


Hi Carol, I'm no expert (see: thesweetcheat, gladman, Carl and postman) but did spend a splendid long weekend on the Gower Peninsula about five years ago. Loads to see there - the Gower Way has the sea both sides.
Cat Hole Cave
Paviland cave (of Red lady fame)
Worm's Head
Rhossili Down (and beach)
Sweynes Howes
Maen Ceti (a must)

And loads more. Must go back - a magical place
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3528/gower_peninsular.html

tj x
GLADMAN
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Re: South Wales
Feb 17, 2018, 10:16
carol27 wrote:
Usual pathetic request..this time for special sites in South Wales please. Staying in Carmarthen, Wales... ( of course). 4 days. Love, lazy Carol xx
PS I am looking up sites but tend to get a bit bamboozled!


To be honest there aren't, in my opinion, any sites I'd call classic in the immediate vicinity of Carmarthen, although Merlin's Hill is well worth a visit:

Merlin's Hill:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7640/merlins_hill.html

However if you're prepared to drive a little way out you've lots of stuff to NE around western Mynydd Du.... e.g:

Carreg Cennen:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3120/carreg_cennen.html
Tair Carn cemetery:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/12941/tair_carn_uchaf.html

....and to the NE you've untold stuff in the Preselau and , as Tjj said, The Gower to the SE

These are a couple of hidden gems worth searching out, too:

Twlc-y-filiast:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2234/twlc_y_filiast.html
Gwal-y-filiast:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2316/gwalyfiliast.html
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat
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Re: South Wales
Feb 17, 2018, 13:26
Some great suggestions there. The Gower has some great chambered tombs, mostly easy enough to get to:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/111/maen_ceti.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/14497/nicholaston_long_cairn.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6295/penmaen.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/107/parc_le_breos.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3543/sweyne_howes_north.html

If you're prepared for a longer trip then there are some brilliant, easily accessible chambered tombs in Pembrokeshire, for example:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/113/carreg_samson.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/112/carreg_coetan_arthur.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/116/llechydrybedd.html

And a fine stone row:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/118/parcymeirw.html
carol27
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Edited Feb 18, 2018, 18:01
Re: South Wales
Feb 18, 2018, 18:01
Ah i likes a stone row! Thank you everyone,it's much appreciated. I haven't been out & about very much..too much hibernating..but we're now feeling the call of the wild & Wales is beautiful so am looking forward. Hope you're all hunky dory x
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