What is recorded here
BT Tower and Swansea Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Swansea, Wales. Perhaps the tower stood guard while the castle held sway, two shapes competing for the same sky. Maybe men climbed brass ladders in storms, sending signals above rain and rumor. Imagine a woman pressing her palm to cold stone, waiting for news that never came.
A named place photographed at this map point in Swansea.
Swansea Castle was built in the early 12th century by William de Londres, a Norman nobleman, and later held by the de Heulincourt family. It is remembered as a key medieval stronghold and symbol of Norman influence in south Wales.
Places near here
Midland Bank;HSBC Bank, Castle Square, SwanseaBank (financial) · 9 yd
The Cross KeysChurch, cross or graveyard · 73 yd
SwanseaCity · 81 yd
New Castle;Swansea Castle, SwanseaCastle · 88 yd
Swansea CastleCastle · 90 yd
Parc Tawe Complex, and 'Plantasia' Glasshouse, Swansea City CentreShopping Centre · 270 yd
PlantasiaHeritage attraction · 343 yd
Swansea MuseumMuseum · 349 yd
Swansea City Bus StationVisitor information · 431 yd
Swansea SA1 from Kilvey HillMountain or hill · 1028 yd
Honeycomb worm formations on Swansea beachBeach · 1220 yd
Rosehill Quarry Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1491 ydOther information
Photo: Aaron Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0