Continuing the theme of ruins, today’s selection are from the Gower Peninsula in Wales.
These ruins at Port Eynon were originally built in the 16th Century as a saltwork (extracting salt from the sea) but from the 17th C, they were used as houses for oyster fishermen and quarrymen until they were abandoned in about 1900.
- Old saltworks and cottages at Port Eynon, South Wales
Above Three Cliffs Bay are the ruins of Pennard Castle which was built from the late 12th C.