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Carmarthen (UK: / k ər ... Motorcycle speedway racing was staged in the early 2000s at a track built on the western outskirts of the town; ...
Carmarthen Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerfyrddin) is a ruined castle in Carmarthen, West Wales, UK. First built by Walter, Sheriff of Gloucester in the early 1100s, the castle was captured and destroyed on several occasions before being rebuilt in stone during the 1190s.
See more images Llansteffan Castle Llansteffan SN3514110148 51°45′56″N 4°23′26″W / 51.765673538851°N 4.3904680276349°W / 51.765673538851; -4.3904680276349 (Llansteffan Castle) 30 November 1966 Castle Prominently situated on a rocky promontery, overlooking the mouth of the Tywi. 9405 See more images St Peter's Church, Carmarthen Carmarthen SN4152320221 51°51′29 ...
Carmarthen's medieval bridge. A stone bridge crossing the River Tywi at Carmarthen, nine miles from the river's mouth at the Bristol Channel, [2] was first recorded in 1233. [1] There was definitely no bridge at Carmarthen in 1188 when Giraldus Cambrensis visited. It is believed that a bridge was built during the 1233 siege of Carmarthen. [3]
Carmarthen Guildhall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Caerfyrddin) is a municipal structure in Guildhall Square, ... built in rubble masonry and completed in 1777. ...
Ffos Las racecourse was built on the site of an open cast coal mine after mining operations ceased. Opened in 2009, it was the first racecourse built in the United Kingdom for eighty years and has regular race-days. [46] Machynys is a championship golf course opened in 2005 and built as part of the Llanelli Waterside regeneration plan. [47]
The site selected had been occupied by the old Carmarthen gaol, which had originally been designed by John Nash and built on part of the Carmarthen Castle site in 1792. [2] [3] The construction began with the demolition of the old gaol which took place in 1936. [4]
The Carmarthen Public Rooms were built in 1854, [1] with the intention to create public rooms were first expressed by Dr David Lloyd in 1839. [ 2 ] Commonly referred to as the "Assembly Rooms" the building was designed by James Wilson (architect) of Bath [ 3 ] on the site of the Scurlock family town house, where Sir Richard Steele , founder of ...