From the Beeb: Tudor garden rediscovered.
A rare Elizabethan garden which used to belong to one of the Conwy valley's most influential families has been uncovered.
The bowling green and ornamental viewing mount were rediscovered near the summerhouse of the powerful Wynn family at Gwydir Uchaf above Llanrwst.
The Tudor grounds, which is part of a Cadw-registered historic site, had lain forgotten in dense woodlands since the first half of the last century.
But it came to light once again when local schoolchildren set about clearing the area.
It has a round-shaped bowling green and a ziggurat - a mount shaped like a "Walnut Whip" sweet, with paths spiralling up to its top. [continue]
Spotted at Cronaca.
Posted on August 6, 2003 01:12 PM. Filed under: history & archaeology.