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WALK AROUND WALES - Leg 3 - Llanrhidian to Llangennith including Weobley Castle, Culver Hole Cave & Burry Holms
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Leg 3 - 18/2/2010 - Llanrhidian to Llangennith
| SS 428 915 | car parking & FINISH |
Kings
Head, Llangennith
nearest toilets - n/k |
| 487 919 | START | pub - The Greyhound |
| 478 927 | castle | Weobley Castle |
| 454 937 | earthwork | North Hill Tor - unknown |
| 454 945 | nature reserve | Whiteford Burrows |
| 444 974 | Lighthouse | Whiteford Lighthouse - tide was 1.1 mts - arrived 40 minutes after low tide - returning tide still well short of lighthouse |
| 414 932 | cave | Foxhole Point Cave |
| 405 929 | cave | Culver Hole cave |
| 399 926 | Church | Burry Holms - The BBC website says of Burry
Holms "Some 9,000 years ago the tidal
island of Burry Holms was an inland hill from which hunters could watch
herds of game in the plain below (the present day Bristol Channel). The
sea was up to 12 miles away, and pine and birch woodland covered the
Severn Estuary. Charcoal found on the site suggests that the local
population was manipulating this woodland to help them catch their prey.
By burning small patches of forest, hunters were creating new and nutritious plant growth which would encourage deer into the area. Once the new growth gave way to bigger trees, they moved on and burnt somewhere else. Charred remains of hazelnut shells have been found on this islet. Their contents would have been an excellent food resource for this mobile population. Small tools made with flint, wood and bone have also been discovered here, and were probably used for fishing or hunting. No signs of this Mesolithic population can be seen on Burry Holms today. However Iron Age and Medieval people left visible evidence of their presence in the form of a rampart and ditch and remains of a monastery respectively. |
| 417 907 | cafe | North Hill Farm |
| SS 428 915 | car parking & FINISH |
Kings
Head, Llangennith
nearest toilets - n/k |
| WALK AROUND WALES - LEG 3 | ||
| Date 18/2/10 | Distance 14.8m - 23k | Tide LW 14.24 (1.1 mts)- HW 20.48 |
| Weather forecast - heavy rain showers
Weather actual - raining until I started walking then it stopped - yipee |
sunrise 7.22am sunset 5.35pm last light approx 5.50pm |
Nearest hospitals A&E |