A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CARREG-CENNEN CASTLE, an ancient ruin 2½ miles SE of Llandeilofawr, in Carmarthen. It crowns a precipitous, isolated, limestone rock, nearly 300 feet high, overhanging the river Cennen, almost surrounded by bare sandstone hills, and commanding extensive vistaviews along valleys and to the sea. It covers a platform of fully an acre; is inaccessible on all sides except one; and must, in old times, have been almost impregnable. Its history is not known; and its origin has been ascribed variously to the ancient Britons and the Romans. Its remains comprise two square towers, defending the entrance, a large round tower, and an octagonal tower; and do not appear to be older than the time of Henry III. or Edward I.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an ancient ruin" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Carmarthenshire AncC |
| Place: | Carreg Cennen |
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