Ammanford's most distinct and imposing building, All Saints can be seen for miles around. Seeing such a large church building it can come as a surprise to some as to how recent a structure it actually is.
There are several local churches that date back to the 14th century but All Saints dates back to 1915, with its distinctive clock tower being added in 1923. Ammanford itself is quite a young town - its first smaller church still stands, Michael's Church in Wind Street. This was built and dedicated in 1885 to rectify the rather embarrassing situation that the largest conurbation in the area, Ammanford, didn't have a church of its own.
After finding the cache you may wish to walk up the hill and see what appears to be an ancient stone circle. This too has its origin within living memory.
The Welsh National Eisteddfod [pronounced eye-steth-vod] (a festival to celebrate Welsh culture) came to Ammanford in 1922 and then in 1970. As part of this festival, a stone circle is traditionally created for a druidic ceremony in each town the eisteddfod visits. This circle dates back to the first visit but was also used in 1970.
I believe this is the first Church Micro cache to be placed in Wales, back in the time when most Church Micros were found in the south east of England.
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, we would just ask that you could let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
Pictures by Nigel Davies
