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Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro (Pembroke, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Fishguard,
Tenby, St David's)
Pembrokeshire is an area of outstanding
beauty with tremendous variety. From majestic cliffs to sand dunes,
from broad river estuaries to cascading streams, from gently rolling
arable land to rocky outcrop all can be seen within a few
miles of each other.
To protect and preserve this beauty and
the wildlife it supports we have the Pembrokeshire Coast National
Park Authority, West Wales Trust and The National Trust .
The first people came to Pembrokeshire during the Old Stone Age.
At that time the landscape was very different from the present day.
There was no St Bride's Bay, and the offshore islands of Ramsey and
Skomer were protruding headlands guarding a coastal plain.
The people came in pursuit of their prey
as it followed the retreating ice, and sought shelter in caves such
as Hoyle's Mouth, near Tenby, and Priory Farm Cave at Monkton. They
kindled fires in the cave entrance as a protection against the
weather and wild beasts and left animal bones and flint tools as
evidence of their presence.
When the weather grew less severe, some
ten thousand years ago, there came a people that had developed a new
technique in making small flint implements that could be used, for
example, as arrowheads or harpoon-barbs. They belonged to the Middle
Stone Age and while some of them continued to live in caves, like
Nanna's Cave on Caldey, others settled on coastal sites.
Counties
Wales Anglesey,
Brecknockshire,
Caernarfonshire
Carmarthenshire,
Cardiganshire,
Denbighshire
Flintshire,
Glamorgan, Merioneth
Monmouthshire,
Montgomeryshire,
Pembrokeshire,
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