Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage. To quote from a leaflet available at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capel_Colman_-_geograph.org.uk_-_572018.jpg" title="File:Capel Colman - geograph.org.uk - 572018.jpg">572018</a>: "this is a most remarkable ornamental grotto, and a rare survival in West Wales. It was built in the late 1820s for Morgan Jones the Younger (1787-1840), who inherited the Cilwendeg estate upon the death of his uncle. It is believed the ladies of Cilwendeg Mansion devised the original patterns for the interior decoration. This consists of a profusion of native seashells, minerals and coloured glass fragments arranged in primitive patterns and impressed into lime mortar panels."
Details of a dig before its recent restoration: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/cilwendegshellhouse.htm">http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/cilwendegshellhouse.htm</a>
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