Mawr or less...

Wonderful sunshine today so we hit the coastal path and just past the ironage peninsular fort of Castell Coch (Red Castle) saw this view of Little and Large: Aberbach and Abermawr.

Amazing to think that Abermawr (on the right) has a surprising history of near industrial development. Brunel proposed a harbour and railway terminus to capture the Irish trade for the South Wales railway.

In 1849 Samuel Lewis reported that Fishguard had been replaced by Abermawr as result of a survey:
"in 1847, Capt. Claxton was employed to survey the Irish Channel minutely, for the purpose of ascertaining the best route across to Ireland, and the elaborate survey then made appears to have led to the abandonment of Fishguard, and the substitution of Abermawr, a few miles distant from it in a western direction. The distance to Abermawr does not differ materially from that to Fishguard, the line in this part running northward."

Luckily, for the peace and quiet of Abermawr, the Great Western Railway took over the project and Neyland on the shores of Milford Haven waterway was nominated for transformation into a new ocean terminus.

Later, Abermawr was where a transatlantic cable came ashore on a leg from Ireland to Wales. Now it is a hang out for keen surfer-dudes and kayakers like us!