A Photographic Journey through Coastal West Wales
Porthgain Harbour
Once a busy harbour but now concentrating on a few fishing boats and pleasure craft. Famous now for it's pub "The Sloop"
Pembroke Castle
This fine example of a Norman Castle was the birthplace of Henry Tudor later Henry VII.
The Blue Lagoon at Abereiddi
formed when one of the old slate quarries was breached
by the sea
Pentre Ifan
Pentre Ifan is a splendid burial chamber with a huge capstone delicately poised on three uprights
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Abereiddi  Beach
Once a busy industrial area. Products from the nearby quarries were exported by ship from Porthgain
St Non's Chapel
The most westerly chapel in Wales built sometime after 1929
with locally found materials to look authentically "old".
Not used now due to weather ingress.
Porthgain Harbour
A horse drawn railway bought slate and granite from local quarries and was stored in huge silos for transhipment by sea
St Non's Well
Said to have been created during a thunderstorm at the time of the birth of St David. The water is said to have curative powers
All Photographs Copyright ©  David Brown 2010