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Llangathen

The village is home to Aberglasney Gardens, one of the oldest and most interesting gardens in the country. The first recorded description of Aberglasney House and Gardens was made by the bard Lewis Glyn Cothi in 1477 when he wrote of “a white painted court, built of dressed stone, surrounded by nine gardens of orchards, vineyards and large oak trees”. At a later date, at the beginning of the 17th century, the estate was sold to the Bishop of St David’s, and it was Bishop Anthony Rudd who improved both the house and gardens in a manner befitting a bishop’s palace. At the heart of the nine acres is a unique and fully restored Elizabethan/Jacobean cloister garden and a parapet walk, the only surviving example in the UK. Also remarkable is the Yew Tunnel, planted more than 300 years ago. The tunnel is created by training the 5 yew trees over the path and getting them to root on the other side. Also on site are a shop and a licensed restaurant.

The Parish Church of St Cathen is medieval, worth visiting to see the tomb of Bishop Anthony Rudd, who became Bishop of St David’s in 1594 and died in 1615. His wife erected a splendid monument to him, which is known as the ‘bedstead tomb’ as it show the bishop recumbent within a four-poster bed. It is in the south aisle, and was erected in 1616.