Llanelli Community Heritage takes great pleasure in putting into place its first Heritage/Interpretative Panel. The panel is situated near the eastern end of the Pont d’Agen overlooking the Old Castle Pond (Pond Twym) in Peoples Park. This is the pilot scheme with many heritage panels to follow in the Llanelli area. The villages of Furnace and Felinfoel are next.

These Heritage/Interpretative Panels will form a Heritage Trail across Llanelli and will benefit all the community and tourism as a whole. The benefit of these panels to local schools will be immeasurable and the existence of this Heritage Trail will contribute to life long learning and healthy living in Llanelli and District.

The trail will be called the Llanelli Community Heritage Trail.

This first heritage panel depicts the heritage of the Old Castle area with items such as the site of the Motte and Bailey Castle, Old Castle Works, Old Castle Colliery, The Carmarthenshire Railway, Raby’s Forge, Raby’s Cottages, Caemaen Colliery, Banc Y Llong and Alexander Raby.

The panel is 7’ x 4’ in size very robust and a natural colour thus blending in with its surroundings.

The panel is situated at the eastern end of Pont d'Agen on the edge of the cycle track. It overlooks Pond Twym, the location of the castle, which is now a scheduled ancient monument. In the distance the world famous Stradey Park, home of Llanelli RFC and Llanelli Scarlets, can be seen.

The Old Castle Panel - part of the Llanelli Community Heritage Trail.	The eastern end of Pont d'Agen
Llanelli Community Heritage committee members John Wynne Hopkins, Lyn John, Ken Jones and Hugh Lewis alongside the Old Castle Panel.	Installation of the Old Castle Panel by Image Display of Aberystwyth

Llanelli Community Heritage would like to thank all the Organisations and individuals who are helping with the project.

Organisations include:- Carmarthenshire County Council, Llanelli Town Council, Llanelli Rural Council, Carmarthenshire Museum Services, Carmarthenshire Heritage Regeneration Trust, Antur Teifi, WDA, Welsh Assembly Government and European Union Objective1.

Individuals include:- Dr David Davies, Dr Malcolm Symons, Robert Protheroe Jones, John Edwards, Byron Davies, Howard M. Jones, Mark Jewell and the Staff of Llanelli Library.

Thanks also to Mr.G.James and colleagues at Image Display, Aberystwyth, for all their hard work and support in producing the Panel.

The Committee of Llanelli Community Heritage is the driving force behind the scheme, particularly Lyn John, John Wynne Hopkins and Ken Jones.