Penmaen

After visiting the 13th-century Oystermouth Castle, drive along the windy, hedge-lined South Gower road to the hamlet of Penmaen.

Summer Road Trips 2009

The principal new cuts on this line were those along the rugged skirts of the huge Penmaen-Mawr; around the base of Penmaen-Bach to the town of Conway; and between St. Asaph and Holywell, to ease the ascent of Rhyall Hill.

The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

Ere the moon reaches yon hill-top, the troops of Aber and Caer-hen will be on the slopes of Penmaen, and cut off the retreat of the Walloons.

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

On the height called Pen-y-Dinas (or "Head of the City") forming one of the summits of Penmaen-mawr, and in the heart of that supposed fortress which no eye in the Saxon camp had surveyed [163], reclined Gryffyth, the hunted King.

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

The fugitive Britons, scarce one-tenth of the number that had first rushed to the attack, -- performed their flight with the same Parthian rapidity that characterised the assault; and escaping both Welch foe and Saxon, though the former broke ground to pursue them, they gained the steeps of Penmaen.

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

But in the year 1771, Governor Pownall ascended Penmaen-mawr, inspected these remains, and published his account in the

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Harold was seated before a rude table, and bending over a rough map of the great mountain of Penmaen; a lamp of iron stood beside the map, though the air was yet clear.

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Ere the moon reaches yon hill-top, the troops of Aber and Caer-hen will be on the slopes of Penmaen, and cut off the retreat of the

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

But in the year 1771, Governor Pownall ascended Penmaen-mawr, inspected these remains, and published his account in the Archaeologia, vol.iii. p. 303, with a sketch both of the mount and the walls at the summit.

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Saxon, though the former broke ground to pursue them, they gained the steeps of Penmaen.

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838