Day 72 - Cosmeston Mediaeval Village

This morning son no 2 & GF suggested a visit to Cosmeston.  We'd been there in January for a walk around the lakes and park but today we explored the adjacent mediaeval village.  During the construction of the park in the 1970's the remains of a village were discovered. After a full archeological dig it was found to be a fairly large settlement of the 14th century sited on the main east/west coast road to St Davids.  The foundations excavated were used to rebuild the village although much of it is thought to be under the adjacent modern road and housing estate. We were given a very informative audio tour which explained the history and way of life of the village.  On entering the gate we were greeted by a flock of chickens and a very splendid cockerel.  My main photo is of his feathers which were spectacular in the sunlight.

Cockerel Feathers

We met Henry one of the villagers ( also reconstructed!) working in his garden

He is the pig man of the village. He butchers the pigs at one end of his cottage & lives in the other end. He smokes hams, makes sausages, pork tallow candles and works the skins all in his cottage. It must have stunk! The pigsties are outside his door & he introduced us to his 3 sows who were very pleased by the attention, in particular they loved having their bellies rubbed!

It was a very pleasant morning. We then parted company with son & gf and headed home.  We had another afternoon of hospital visiting to LB's Mum then home for a relaxing evening!