King Arthur
...Merlin, Dragons & The Sword In The Stone
Wales has plenty of chapels which are quirky, tiny, or remote. The 13th century St Govan’s, wedged into a gap in the Pembrokeshire cliffs, is all three. Founded in the 6th century, St Govan may well have been Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew and a knight of the Round Table who retired here as a hermit after the death of Arthur. His life inspired numerous works including the 14th century narrative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant. Legend has it that no matter how carefully you count the steps which lead down to it from the footpath above, you’ll never get the same number on the way back up.
St Govan's Chapel
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- Region : South West Wales
- Grid Ref : SR 96695 92970
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Wales has plenty of chapels which are quirky, tiny, or remote. The 13th century St Govan’s, wedged into a gap in the Pembrokeshire cliffs, is all three. Founded in the 6th century, St Govan may well have been Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew and a knight of the Round Table who retired here as a hermit after the death of Arthur. His life inspired numerous works including the 14th century narrative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant. Legend has it that no matter how carefully you count the steps which lead down to it from the footpath above, you’ll never get the same number on the way back up.
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