Maendu Well Poem by Paul Blockley
Green Fire Uplands is delighted to share with you a poem by Paul Blockley. The Poem features Maen Du & Pen Y Crug. We hope that this poem inspires you to visit the site and maybe even write a poem of your own!
The Path by Maen Du Well
Upon the hill by Maen Du well
There is a path which I can tell,
Leads on up to the Celtic fort
Where one can be alone with thought,
Where from the ring of ramparts green
The whole of Brecon can be seen,
St. John’s cathedral down below,
Passing by the Usk’s waters flow,
These sleeping slopes remember when
This hill was climbed by ancient men,
And dug with earth and sweat and stone
Before men came from mighty Rome,
Before the town itself was there
St Mary’s church and Bethel Square,
Before the castle’s towers stood
And Norman lords arrived in flood.
Maendu Well - Photo taken by Paul Blockley