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Heading for Haverfordwest |
 by Graham Muschialli
If you travel to West Wales
from the east or the north along the A40 road, eventually you will come to
Haverfordwest, or ‘Haverford', to give it its original name. One of the first
things you will notice is the ruins of the once mighty Castle which watches
over daily life from its position in the lower part of the town. Like most other castles in Wales, the biggest
bulk of it dates from the time of Edward I but his wife, Queen Eleanor, spent a
vast fortune and what is left today is probably a result of her work. King
Richard II visited it and so did Oliver Cromwell, in fact he ordered its
destruction in 1648. Copies of his orders can be viewed in the town's museum,
along with a brilliant model of how the castle looked in 1394 when Richard
visited.
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