Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire

An excerpt from Wikipedia:


"Pumsaint is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, halfway between Llanwrda and Lampeter on the A482 in the valley of the Afon Cothi. It forms part of the extensive estate of Dolaucothi, which is owned by the National Trust. The name is Welsh for "Five Saints" (Pump being the word for "five"). The name is derived from the stone block at the nearby gold mines, opposite Ogofau Lodge, which has four sides, each of which has hollows probably caused by pestle impacts. It was used as an anvil for crushing gold ore in the Roman period. Excavations in the 1990s of the area adjacent to the stone showed that the stone was originally horizontal and used as an anvil for a water-powered crushing mill. There are many parallels from Spanish mines of the Roman period with similar stone anvils."


Keeper's Lodge, Pumsaint, SA19 8DX (the last three characters of the postcode are a complete coincidence) ~33 acres divided over nine fields in total

Field 6 looking South

Field 9 looking South ~1000' ASL

Field 1 looking South - this is the lowest elevation and will mostly be used for everything non radio related

Our small pond (~80ft diameter) which is alongside the driveway in field 2, Canadian geese with goslings were present at the time of writing (May 2023)

A section of the new track laid to access the radio shack.

A considerable amount of work was done soon after moving in. Tracks and pads were built for an agricultural building and radio shack.

Hundreds of tons of granite were extracted from two purpose-built quarries which were used for the tracks and pads. 

Keeper's Lodge undergoing full rennovation.