HOME

LAST LEG   -  DAI'S WALK AROUND WALES HOME  -  NEXT LEG

 

WALK AROUND WALES - Leg 3 - Llanrhidian to Llangennith

including Weobley Castle, Culver Hole Cave & Burry Holms

 

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

Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli 

Morriston Hospital

Singleton Hospital

 

HOME

LAST LEG   -  DAI'S WALK AROUND WALES HOME  -  NEXT LEG