Ancient Briton - Main Bar
Main bar of the Abcient Brition pub in Abercrave - South Wales.
Oracle II Live At The Ancient Briton
New Romantic : Live At The Ancient Briton
The Smithereens'Ancient Brit,Porthcawl...Do Anything You Wanna Do..
The Ancient Britain ,Porthcawl,south Wales U.K...Sat. 30th June 2012..
Spontan - When I'm Dead And Gone - Dattelner Mai 2011
Places to see in ( Watchet - UK )
Places to see in ( Watchet - UK )
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is situated 15 miles west of Bridgwater, 15 miles north-west of Taunton, and 9 miles east of Minehead. The parish includes the hamlet of Beggearn Huish. The town lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and on the edge of Exmoor National Park.
The original settlement may have been at the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It then moved to the mouth of the river and a small harbour developed, named by the celts as Gwo Coed meaning Under the Wood. After the Saxon conquest of the area the town developed and was known as Weced or Waeced and was attacked by Vikings in the 10th century. Trade using the harbour gradually grew, despite damage during several severe storms, with import and exports of goods including those from Wansbrough Paper Mill until the 19th century when it increased with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills via the West Somerset Mineral Railway, mainly to Newport for onward transportation to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway also served the town and port bringing goods and people from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore trade reduced and ceased in the early-20th century. The port continued a smaller commercial trade until 2000 when it was converted into a marina.
The church is dedicated to Saint Decuman who is thought to have died here around 706. An early church was built near Daw's Castle and a new church was erected in the 15th century. It has several tombs and monuments to Sir John Wyndham and his family who were the lords of the manor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the area is commemorated by a statue on the harbourside.
Daw's Castle (Dart's Castle or Dane's Castle) is an Iron Age sea cliff hill fort about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the west of the town. It was built and fortified, on the site of an earlier settlement, as a burh by Alfred the Great, as part of his defense against Viking raids from the Bristol Channel around 878 AD. Watchet is believed to be the place where Saint Decuman was killed around 706 and its parish church is dedicated to him. At the time of the Domesday Book Watchet was part of the estate held by William de Moyon. The parish of Watchet was in the Williton and Freemanners Hundred in the Middle Ages.
Watchet developed as a town thanks to its closeness to the minerals within the Brendon Hills, and its access to the River Severn for onward shipping. Aside from local ships plying trade across the river, from 1564 onwards the port was used for import of salt and wine from France.
The foreshore at Watchet is rocky, with a high 6 metres (20 ft) tidal range. The cliffs between Watchet and Blue Anchor show a distinct pale, greenish blue colour, resulting from the coloured alabaster found there. The name Watchet or Watchet Blue was used in the 16th century to denote this colour. A fragment of a lower jaw from a Phytosaur longirostrine archosaur has been described from early Hettangian strata. Kentsford Bridge is a packhorse bridge over the Washford River. It existed before the Reformation, possibly being a route to Cleeve Abbey and was repaired in 1613. The bridge is 54 inches (1,400 mm) wide and has a total span of 16 feet (4.9 m).
Adjacent to the harbour is Watchet station. This is now an intermediate stop on the West Somerset Railway, a largely steam-operated heritage railway that links Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton, with Minehead. The station was first opened on 31 March 1862 when the West Somerset Railway was opened from Norton Junction. The station was built as a terminus, as part of the commercial aim of the WSR was to provide a wider and cheaper distribution route for goods from the then major port of Watchet. On 16 July 1874 the line was extended westwards by the Minehead Railway Company, with an industrial railway siding provided at the same time into the Wansbrough Paper Mill.
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Explore Wales: Land of Ancients
Another short college project of a tourist video of my home region. Enjoy.
Music by Peter Crowley, White Rose:
I Got You I Feel Good by James Brown (Non-Diagetic Sound)
This is a non-existing organisation. Explore Wales is made up and all music is used only for this college project. So disclaimers, I OWN NOTHING.
An Irresistible Offa: Walking in the Wales-England Borderlands
An irresistible Offa: Walking in the Wales-England Border lands
We call it Irresistible Offa, throughout these lush and undulating border lands are stunning views, hidden villages and historic market towns where you can rest, sleep and eat. The area is studded with ancient hill forts, tiny churches, castles, fortresses, some of the UK's first picturesque tourist honeypots and fascinating relics of our industrial and transport heritage. Borders between countries have an aura of intrigue, myth and mystery, and one between England and Wales is no exception, making it just a little different as a place to go walking.
Walking with Offa, a cross-border cooperation project, is working hard to ensure that it stays that way. The project brings together strategic rural development and tourism bodies along the English-Welsh border to promote walking and sustainable tourism and transport along either side of the Offa's Dyke Path National Trail.
The partners, including four protected landscapes, are working together to develop more circular walks and to improve access across the trail, which runs along King Offa's 8th century earthwork border, so that even more visitors can enjoy the wonderful landscapes, heritage and all that it has to offer along the way.
Ancient Briton Family Room Onsuite Bathroom
Family Room Onsuit Bathroom at the Ancient Briton Pub in South Wales
Somewhere Between Nowhere Part I Live At The Ancient Briton
Apocalyptic Storm Hits UK Tonight! Solar Flare & Lunar Transit to Blame?
A recent strong storm to hit the UK later tonight dubbed an Apocalyptic storm with 150 mph winds and wide spread flooding. Is it connected with a recent solar flare/CME hurled out of the Sun coupled with a recent Lunar Eclipse?
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The White Hart Inn
The White Hart Inn, Margaretting Tye. Well known pub/restaurant offering a range of freshly cooked meals. Winner of the best real ale pub for the past 4 years.
Rude Soles - Ever Fallen In Love
Rude Soles live at the Ancient Briton Inn, Porthcawl 14/02/2015
Wales: An Overview of Welsh Scenery and Industry - 1942 - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage
This film has been made available for non-commercial research and educational purposes courtesy the British Council Film Collection.
'A picture of Welsh scenery and industry, of Wales's contribution during the late war. Out of the mountains come coal, copper, iron ore and anthracite. There are scenes of the Rhondda Valley, Cardiff and Swansea Docks and the steel furnaces of Llanelly. In the chapels hymns are sung in the ancient Welsh language.'
(Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1942-43)
CharlieDeanArchives - Archive footage from the 20th century making history come alive!
Singleton car show fair ground
Fun fair
Land of Song - The Magic of Wales. (2)
I had the idea for a small series on this theme some time ago but didn't get it together. Now it's Winter, less happening outside, so more time to make films. The images are nearly all my own, and this time show something of the mining heritage - slate, not coal.
BTW - some of the images are quite old, small file sizes and probably small size on your screen.
Filmed in Wales, UK.
Visiting Welsh Castles - Tips For Tourists Visiting Wales
Some quick tips about visiting the castles of Wales during your trip to Wales and the UK. You can also read more and find the links on our website
Wales is famous for its castles, it has over 600 of them in various states of repair from grassy mounds with a few protruding stones to full medieval masterpieces just like the ones you see in the films.
If you plan your visit to Wales and rent a car you can get to see quite a few castles including the ones in the dramatic out of the way locations. Many of these castles are free to enter as well.
For more information about Welsh castles it is worth looking at the Cadw website. They manage many of the historic sites across Wales
We hope you have a chance to visit Wales very soon and to see some of these impressive castles for yourself, we’re sure you’ll love it. #Castles #VisitWales
‘Visiting Welsh Castles - Tips For Tourists’ - Filmed December 2018
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A History of Lighthouses: Seashaken Houses by Tom Nancollas
Tom Nancollas visited Waterstones Piccadilly to talk about his new book, Seashaken Houses. It gives an enthralling history of Britain's lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited them. Illustration by Chris Wormell. Order your copy:
Lighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea. They encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much more noble, conceived as navigational gifts for the safety of all. Still today, we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships.
Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland: twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were constructed on desolate, slippery rock formations in the middle of the sea, rising, mirage-like, straight out of the waves, with lights shining at the their summits.
Seashaken Houses is a lyrical exploration of these magnificent, isolated sentinels, the ingenuity of those who conceived them, the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.
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