BRUNANT, Glanaman, Carmarthenshire 2020
Notes on BRUNANT, Glanaman, Carmarthenshire 2020
I had seen a photograph of Brunant taken a few year ago and knew the footpath led straight alongside side it. I almost walked by but saw a chimney surrounded by trees. The footpath had been diverted, the old footpath posts were now surrounded by bramble and other foliage. I wandered around the enclosure trying to find a way to the walls of the house and eventually climbed a fence and made my way through bramble. I was sodden, thigh high, by the time I made it the twenty feet to the house. I nearly did not bother but as always if I hadn’t I’d have been in regret. Within the four walls of the house there was no bramble or foliage so I could move around freely. A few images taken. I then attempted to climb the bank at the front of the house. It was tricky but a few more images taken. So sad to see a ruin so enclosed by foliage. Perhaps the winter months would be kinder to the casual traveller, perhaps not. Perhaps it is fitting for the house to be hidden away and forgotten about indefinitely.
I had seen a photograph of Brunant taken a few year ago and knew the footpath led straight alongside side it. I almost walked by but saw a chimney surrounded by trees. The footpath had been diverted, the old footpath posts were now surrounded by bramble and other foliage. I wandered around the enclosure trying to find a way to the walls of the house and eventually climbed a fence and made my way through bramble. I was sodden, thigh high, by the time I made it the twenty feet to the house. I nearly did not bother but as always if I hadn’t I’d have been in regret. Within the four walls of the house there was no bramble or foliage so I could move around freely. A few images taken. I then attempted to climb the bank at the front of the house. It was tricky but a few more images taken. So sad to see a ruin so enclosed by foliage. Perhaps the winter months would be kinder to the casual traveller, perhaps not. Perhaps it is fitting for the house to be hidden away and forgotten about indefinitely.
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