The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . he tide, it is possible tosail down to the mouth of the harbour, get aglimpse of both the Block Houses, and returnin an afternoon. The water excursions beyondNeyland and Pembroke in the Cleddau estuariesand pills are endless. George Owen, of Henllys, gives in his Pembrokeshirerecords a most quotable account of Milford Haven in 1595. And for forme, he said, the ha von may well be likenedto the picture of some greate crooke and forked Tree havingmany branches and bunches some greate some litle growe-inge even up from the butt to the Toppe ; an
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . he tide, it is possible tosail down to the mouth of the harbour, get aglimpse of both the Block Houses, and returnin an afternoon. The water excursions beyondNeyland and Pembroke in the Cleddau estuariesand pills are endless. George Owen, of Henllys, gives in his Pembrokeshirerecords a most quotable account of Milford Haven in 1595. And for forme, he said, the ha von may well be likenedto the picture of some greate crooke and forked Tree havingmany branches and bunches some greate some litle growe-inge even up from the butt to the Toppe ; and the samebranches being lopped and cut off, some neere and somefarre from the bodye of the Tree (from the crookednes downe)the picture of such tree might soe be drawne as the sameshould well describe the true forme of this harborowe andevery branch and creeke thereof. Modern maps do notshow the forked Tree so well as the map George Owenmade of the Haven ; but if the map of Pembrokeshire isturned so that the east forms the top of it, instead of the. av 2o Q X< H 2i * c/3 s MTLFORD AND MILFOBD HAVEN 299 north, the resemblance is clear enough. George Owen wasanxious to have the harbour fully fortified. The BlockHouses at Dale and Nangle were prompted by a similar fearof invasion. Some of his names, such as Prix Pill, for CastlePill, and the Carne, for the Carrs, have been altered sincehis day. The Halting, which is the Milford Pill in especial,is by him called the Priory Pill. He describes it as a creekethat turneth uppe on the Easte parte of Hubberston pointeand reacheth up farre into the land untill the Priory housebeing a myle in the land, yt it is all owse (ooze, or mud),and therefore no good landing there. This pill is dry atlowe water. On the bluff point of St. Anns Head, two milessouth of Dale village, are two lighthouses. Brunt Farm, on the coast, just within the cornerof Mill Bay, preserves the tradition that there,where a steep path descends to the foot of Bruntcliff
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