Anyone Like Beaches And Castles?

Anyone like beaches and castles? Cos if you do, you'll love sandcastles! 

Seriously though, yes. There's always something special about poking about old ruins and feeling the backwash of history making you visualise its ghosts. And a coastal walk or deserted beach is one of life's great pleasures. Some great ones in Donegal where if you set out on a summer's evening you'll barely encounter a soul yet the landscape is like a slice of heaven. 

In South West Wales there are the remains of an abandoned village to be seen that was washed away during the tsunami.

In South West Wales there are the remains of an abandoned village to be seen that was washed away during the tsunami.

I am imagining this walk. your description is perfect. a little meditation.

Is a village that was called Horton but also had different spellings such as Hawton, Hortin etc.

Officially it is being downplayed as the local athority have future plans and if they admit to the villages existance no future plans would be allowed, hence even online the village is often downplayed as a pair of fishermens huts etc etc, but if one goes down there one finds the remains of building after building as recent years the sea exposes more and more and while some stones came from shoring up the railway (Hence the slag found from the old industries that used to be in Burry Port), the rest are from the remainsnof the vilage as most buildings are now not recognizable as buildings. 

The village can be found by driving on the coastal road between Kidwelly and Ferryside (Worlds first recognosed tourist resort). If one heads towards St Ishmaels church but parks in the dip where these used to be a level crossing access to a slipway down to St Ishmales beach (Pull right in as busses need to pass. If other cars are there there is a small area near the church so one can park there (If it is not conflicting with a sunday service) but ensure there is space for cars to pass each other).

Cross the railway (Beware of trains), and go down the slipway, and then head in the direction of Kidwely past the old WW2 gun bunker (Gun used had a range to shoot vessels right on the seas horizon. Was a massive gun due to the sensitive nature of the area. 

Keep walking south east on the stones on the beach in the Kidwelly direction and about a quarter of a mile or more look carefully near where the upper tideline meets the dunes. One will begin to see the remains of hat looks like a very expensive building in its day so it was either the old church or a something of importance. Look at the plants in the garden behind which were only found in ornate gardens. (Rare blue dressed stones of the building remails etc) 

Keep walking and between there and round the corner towards the static caravan site one will find building after building.

These are the buildings inland. Looks like some building remains were used to help create the railway in the 1840's (Railway was completed by the South Wales Railway Company and ran from 1853 onwards where the Great Western Railway took them over and still runs to the present day).

But while there take a look at the stones, and also the rails that were used for sea defences... Some are broad gauge rails of unique shape. Others are early standard gauge rails.History of railways in front of ones eyes!

I would love to see pictures of that. is there link or have you taken photos?