Cardigan bay hinterland.
Cilgerren Castle and Llanerchaeron house.
Cilgerren Castle sits on the banks of the Afon Teif and although ruined is impressive. Deserted I climbed up the two surviving towers and admired the views. The castle was Norman, built to tame the Welsh. Llyweyn captured and held the castle for a while, but it was mostly in English hands and eventually decayed playing no part in Edward Is campaigns or the Civil war.
Llanerchaeron house, inland of Aberaeron, is traditional country house, designed by John Nash. Its large walled garden and adjacent farm are well worth visiting. I was most impressed by the house and the hidden section behind housing servants quarters and rooms for absolutely everything from drying clothes, laundering clothes, bread making, cheese making, to making ale, storing cheese, preparing for riding and more than one kitchen. The farm out buildings also gave me an idea to the purpose now defunct buildings I have seen around more modern farms that I used to work on. E.g Threshing barns, grain stores and piggeries. Fox and otter hunting were really important and numerous heads decorated the house, over all most every door, along with hunting scenes on the walls.
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