swansea

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  June 30, 2025

  Culver Hole/The Smuggler’s Cove – Gower, Wales

  We began our walk from Port Eynon beach car park. As you walk around the coastal path you will come first to the remains of The Salt House. According to local folklore, this building was fortified by legendary Gower pirate John Lucas in the 1700s, in order to further his unlawful activities, and that he…

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  January 13, 2025

  Sweyne’s Howes  – Gower, Wales

  Sweyne’s Howes is a Neolithic site on Rhossili Downs in Gower, Wales. Today, the site comprises of two ruined cromlechs. In this post we will cover the archaeology of the site, as well as the Viking legends associated with the name.. The North Cairn – The northern of the two is the slightly better preserved..…