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Graham Watkins
May 12, 20182 min read
Eliseg or Elisedd - so whose pillar was it?
Elisedd ap Gwylog was a 1st Century King of Powys and a descendant of Brochweil Ysgithrog, so named because of his fang like teeth and...
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Graham Watkins
Apr 19, 20186 min read
Davies’ Stone
The A4069 is a narrow country road that snakes its way over the Black Mountain from Llangadog to Brynamman. A good surface, hairpin bends...
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Graham Watkins
Mar 17, 20184 min read
C3P0 seen in haunted Welsh lighthouse.
Talacre Lighthouse. Where the supernatural rule and strange things happen. From early times the River Dee has been a major trade route....
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Graham Watkins
Feb 11, 20183 min read
A strange house, a Welsh lawyer and an Italian Contessa.
To the north of Merthyr Tydfil, near the railway viaduct at Pontsarn, stands a very peculiar house. The property has been known by a...
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Graham Watkins
Jan 8, 20182 min read
Deceiving the Devil.
John Renie. The man who tried to trick the Devil. On the 8th October 2005 a tombstone in the churchyard at St. Mary’s Priory Church,...
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Graham Watkins
Dec 19, 20174 min read
Mail Coach Monument - An intoxicating tale from the Past.
The road that we now call the A40 has for centuries been a main transport route across Wales. In Roman times, it was a military road that...
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Graham Watkins
Aug 12, 20163 min read
Portmeirion
Portmeirion, built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, one of Wales' most popular tourist attractions.
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Graham Watkins
Mar 12, 20154 min read
Palmerston’s Follies
Milford Haven was described by Admiral Lord Nelson as the “finest port in Christendom,” and for this reason the Royal Navy chose the...
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