Bluebell Woods - Friday 1 May 2015
Graig Fawr is a woodland site of 52 hectares sited on a prominent south-west facing hillside overlooking the Bristol Channel. It was been in the ownership of the Woodland Trust since 1993 and is rich in flower and fauna. Fallow deer roam the area from nearby Margam Park and during spring the lower woodland area is a carpet of bluebells.
Graig Fawr is part of a landscape which retains evidence of human occupation in the form of Bronze Age cairns and barrows, Iron Age hillforts, a Roman auxiliary fort and marching camp at nearby Neath, early Medieval Christian inscribed stones and the former 12th century Cistercian Abbey which later became part of the Margam Estate.
The woodland itself displays a range of archaeological sites dating from Iron Age to Modern times.
All photos by Rob Bowen (ODPDS Creative - www.odpds.co.uk)
webpage researcher/author
Copyright © Rob Bowen, Kenfig.org Local Community Group, 2015
Graig Fawr is part of a landscape which retains evidence of human occupation in the form of Bronze Age cairns and barrows, Iron Age hillforts, a Roman auxiliary fort and marching camp at nearby Neath, early Medieval Christian inscribed stones and the former 12th century Cistercian Abbey which later became part of the Margam Estate.
The woodland itself displays a range of archaeological sites dating from Iron Age to Modern times.
All photos by Rob Bowen (ODPDS Creative - www.odpds.co.uk)
webpage researcher/author
Copyright © Rob Bowen, Kenfig.org Local Community Group, 2015