ABSTRACTION at TROSERCH MILL, Llangennech, Carmarthenshire 2019
Notes on ABSTRACTION at TROSERCH MILL, Llangennech, Carmarthenshire 2019
Inside the mill, a plain rubble and concrete wall, otherwise uninteresting but with the sun skimming the surface bringing out texture, shade and ultimately some beauty.
I had not expected much to be seen here but was pleasantly surprised. Visited on a quiet Friday afternoon with only the sound of the river, insects and birds to be heard. There were no internal details or machinery left inside but enough to have a sense of a working place. The foliage had yet to properly take hold of the site (or had been cut back relatively recently) and exposures could still be made. A stone trough stood against the bank, apparently to collect water seeping/dripping from the rock. The building on the path was possibly the mill-house, adjoined at a right angle to the mill. The mill had been roofed until quite recently with corrugated iron but after it fell in removed from the site. Evidence of drying kiln to side of mill – with three flue-type structures – I only saw two but the CADW report mentions three – I should have looked a little more carefully. A warm and pleasant afternoon without seeing another soul.
Troserch wood is a pleasant place to wander around, there’s pathways leading all around and other areas worth visiting. There’s a few mine workings, fenced off these days, and modern wooden structures throughout the woods – although the large grass-roofed covered structure was about to be take down due to it being unsafe. Another ruin, ivy covered, just a field away, was seen but not visited.
Inside the mill, a plain rubble and concrete wall, otherwise uninteresting but with the sun skimming the surface bringing out texture, shade and ultimately some beauty.
I had not expected much to be seen here but was pleasantly surprised. Visited on a quiet Friday afternoon with only the sound of the river, insects and birds to be heard. There were no internal details or machinery left inside but enough to have a sense of a working place. The foliage had yet to properly take hold of the site (or had been cut back relatively recently) and exposures could still be made. A stone trough stood against the bank, apparently to collect water seeping/dripping from the rock. The building on the path was possibly the mill-house, adjoined at a right angle to the mill. The mill had been roofed until quite recently with corrugated iron but after it fell in removed from the site. Evidence of drying kiln to side of mill – with three flue-type structures – I only saw two but the CADW report mentions three – I should have looked a little more carefully. A warm and pleasant afternoon without seeing another soul.
Troserch wood is a pleasant place to wander around, there’s pathways leading all around and other areas worth visiting. There’s a few mine workings, fenced off these days, and modern wooden structures throughout the woods – although the large grass-roofed covered structure was about to be take down due to it being unsafe. Another ruin, ivy covered, just a field away, was seen but not visited.
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