South Wales (1959)
Sir Cyril Fox’s guide to the Ancient Monuments in the Care of the Ministry of Works in South Wales and Monmouthshire (1954) provides a window into how the work for providing guidebooks was progressing.
The only sites without guidebooks were:
- 5 Carreg Cennen Castle
- 7 Llanstephan Castle
- 10 Caerphilly Castle
- 14 Loughor Castle
- 16 Neath Abbey
- 17 Neath Abbey Gatehouse
- 19 Old Beaupre Castle
- 20 Oxwich Castle (in preparation)
- 23 Weobley Castle
- 27 Chepstow, Bulwarks Camp
- 31 Hen Gwrt
- 32 Llanthony Priory
- 35 Newport Castle
- 37 Runston Chapel
- 41 Carew Cross
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