The hillfort near Caerwent which was one of the inspirations for Bryndinas. Huge, rising out of the woods, scarred by defensive ditches and long-ago excavations, in my version you can see the distant mountains in the north and west, and the sweep of the Seven Estuary to the south. Once again, this is a eerie place echoing with past memories.

Path up to the summit.

I look as though I was seeing a ghost!

We could see for miles, but in the old days when no trees would have been allowed to encroach on the slopes lest one’s enemy creep up unseen, one could have seen much further in every direction.

A suitably mysterious evening light draws in.