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He certainly didn't give up. He seems tenacious. And that seems the right thing to have been done. > "I knew the importance of them straight away," said Mr S
by zhte415 8y ago
He certainly didn't give up. He seems tenacious. And that seems the right thing to have been done.
> "I knew the importance of them straight away," said Mr Smith who has been prospecting for around 30 years.
> "It was just instinct. I'd read all about chariot burials and just wished it could have been me, so finding this has been a privilege."
The area has a long Celtic history. For readers unfamiliar perhaps with the UK or this part of the UK, some context: the stones in Stonehenge [0] were sourced from the Preseli Hills [1] several hundred kilometers away (in the part of Wales this site is).
Pembrokeshire is beautiful, and somewhat rugged. Rolling hills meet sandy beaches, equally meeting treacherous cliffs. As a child, I remember frequently climbing to the peak of an iron age settlement in the morning, sort-of mixing-in with the sheep left to roam there, then after lunch, a quite long walk down to the sandy beaches it overlooked. Trying to catch shrimp in the sandy pools the escaping tide left.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preseli_Hills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preseli_Hills
- celticninja 8y agoI have similar memories. I remember as kids we used to play in an old castle by the beach, its just open and anyone can go and wander around it. I travel around the UK with my kids and these days everything wants to charge an entry fee, even other castles in similar states of decay/disrepair. Easily my favourite castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llansteffan_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llansteffan_Castle
- SamColes 8y agoThere are free to access castle ruins and buildings of a similar age and much older all over the UK, they're hardly in short supply. Maybe you didn't intend it but this comes across as overly pessimistic. It's hardly as if every bit of history in the country has had a fence put round it to charge an entry fee. Not trying to say what you're describing doesn't exist, but the only place I can think of that I've been to that charges to see some 3ft high bits of wall would be Old Sarum, but that also has great views.
- arethuza 8y agoIndeed there are so many ruined castles, hillforts, vitrified forts and brochs about that even most locals are fairly oblivious to there existence. Only a tiny percentage charge and are treated as proper tourist attractions.
- mnw21cam 8y agoCoincidence - that's one of my favourite castles too.
- isostatic 8y ago> I travel around the UK with my kids and these days everything wants to charge an entry fee, even other castles in similar states of decay/disrepair. > Easily my favourite castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llansteffan_Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llansteffan_Castle Llansteffan Castle is free to enter and wander around in the way you did as a kid, despite being privately owned What's not allowed are things like wedding photography and drone flying, at least without paying (and having various insurance). Basically it's free unless you're making money from it.