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Carmarthen (UK: / k ər ˈ m ɑːr ð ən /, local: / k ɑːr-/; Welsh: Caerfyrddin [kairˈvərðɪn], 'Merlin's fort' or possibly 'Sea-town fort') is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy 8 miles (13 km) north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay.
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. The castle was captured by Owain Glyndŵr in 1405. [2]
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]
A street-grid was laid out in the town and a public bath house built, and possibly a mansio. The forum and basilica were probably under the most built-up area of the present town on the cardo or main street. There were narrow shops fronting the streets, as well as evidence of metalworking.
The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 10 April 1767: [2] it was designed by Sir Robert Taylor in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry and completed in 1777. [ 1 ] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Guildhall Square; it was originally arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets ...
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 ...
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]
Oldest canal in Wales, built in 1766 to carry coal via a tramroad over the River Gwendraeth Fawr at Pwll-y-Llygod, and 3 miles of canal to Kidwelly harbour. Later extended and then in 1873 the towpath was converted into a railway.