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DESCRIBING: A church
SYNOPSIS: A stone church stretches across the frame with a square bell tower on the left. The walls are pale tan, built of rough blocks, with tall, pointed-arch windows. A round clock decorates the tower. Trees form a dense green backdrop under a pale, overcast sky.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: The square tower rises at the left edge, topped by a flat parapet with notched battlements and four corner pinnacles. Two narrow, louvered openings pierce the tower’s upper face; beneath them, a round clock with gold roman numerals and hands sits slightly left of center. The tower walls are thick with uneven, light-brown stone and thin mortar lines. A slim black downpipe runs vertically near the corner. The main body of the church extends rightward from the tower, one story high, with a dark gray slate roof. Three tall, narrow windows with pointed arches and fine leaded panes punctuate the long wall. At the far right, the roof ends in a gable capped by a small stone cross finial; a second cross stands on the nearer gable ridge. A modern gray streetlamp leans in from the lower right foreground. Shrubs and low plants fill the front edge; behind the church, a wooded hillside rises, its leaves a mix of medium and dark greens. The sky is light gray, suggesting a cloudy day.
DESCRIBING: St. Cyngar's Holy Well
SYNOPSIS: A hand-built stone basin nestles into a green, mossy rock wall. A black mouth of a spring recesses under the rock ledge. Ferns and ivy lean in, while sunlight freckles the stones. A wood sign names the place: “Saint Cyngar’s Well,” restored in 2009, with Welsh above.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: The well’s walls are rough and irregular, the stones pale gray to brown with soft, rounded edges, as if worn by time. A ledge of capstones on the right is smoother and shows faint pinkish staining. At the back, where wall meets cliff, the rock is veined and slick with moss, colored olive and dark green. Beneath that rock, a triangular opening drops into shadow; the interior appears damp, with no reflective water surface visible in the photograph. The sign, fixed to the upper right of the rock face, is a warm honey-brown board with white letters. Ivy vines web across the left side, their leaves glossy and heart-shaped, while a spray of ferns adds frilled, light-green fronds. The ground around the well is dark, compacted soil dotted with tan and orange leaves.
DESCRIBING: A bridge crossing a small river.
SYNOPSIS: A shallow river winds through a leafy woodland. A low wooden footbridge crosses from the left bank near the foreground into the midground. Bare and budding branches arch over the water, and sunlight spots the surface. Mossy boulders sit at the water’s edge; the far bank is steep and shaded.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: The vantage point is near water level at the river’s edge. In the lower left corner, a lichen- and moss-coated boulder fills the foreground. The river, dark slate blue with ripples and a few white glints, runs from the bottom center toward the middle distance, curving slightly right. At the left, a plank-and-rail footbridge, about waist high, spans a narrow section of the stream; its slats form a repeating rectangle pattern, and a simple wooden fence continues back into the woods. A thick tree trunk beside the bridge leans out over the water, its branches branching into a web that reaches across the frame. On the right, the far bank rises into a mossy, rock-studded slope shaded by brush. Overhead, a pale blue sky peeks through a mix of leafed-out and still-bare deciduous trees. The overall feeling is quiet and cool.