The name Aberystwyth indicates this is the place that the river Ystwyth meets the ocean. The location has been populated on and off since the Mesolithic Age.
The coast near Fishguard. Nearby is a small fort with cannons, which was completed in 1781 to combat privateers blackmailing the town.
"Alfred Pomeroy Jones, sealawyer, born in Mumbles, sung like a linnet, crowned you with a flagon, tattoed with mermaids, thirst like a dredger, died of blisters.." -Dylan Thomas (Under Milk Wood)
