Carmarthenshire

Cultural Carmarthenshire

Dolaucothi Gold Mines

Welcome to the world of Merlin the Magician; a land full of medieval myth and legend. Delve into the past and visit some of Europe’s most authentic castles, Iron Age hillforts and the only known Roman gold mine in Britain.

Start with a peek inside Carmarthen Museum, home to the stump of Merlin’s Oak which stood in the centre of town for centuries. According to legend, Merlin vowed that the day the tree was removed the Roman town of Carmarthen would fall.

Carreg Cennen Castle

The magic continues at Carreg Cennen Castle, a romantic ruin perched high on a clifftop. The castle boasts its own vaulted underground passageway leading to a ghostly cavern deep below which may have been inhabited in prehistoric times.

Carmarthenshire is bursting with contemporary culture. A magnet for artists and craftspeople; there are studios and workshops dotted all over the county.

Inside Dylan Thomas writing shed

Get a feel for what inspired one of Wales’s greatest writers at Dylan Thomas’s boathouse in Laugharne. The house is now a heritage centre, packed with original furnishings and memorabilia - there is even a tantalising glimpse inside the great man’s famous writing shed.

The sleepy seaside town is enjoying something of a revival as the film 'The Edge of Love', based on Thomas’s life, attracts the attention of a new wider audience.