Curious Travellers: Writing the Welsh Tour, 1760-1820
Mary-Ann Constantine
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2024
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9780191886645
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9780198852124
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Curious Travellers: Writing the Welsh Tour, 1760-1820
Mary-Ann Constantine
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Mary-Ann Constantine
Mary-Ann Constantine
Professor of Celtic Studies
University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
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This chapter takes a standard feature of the home tour, the castle, and examines it from two different perspectives. Several of the most imposing medieval castles in Wales (Harlech, Caernarfon, Conwy) are situated on the west coast, a space which became especially vulnerable during the late 1790s when French troops landed briefly in Fishguard in 1797, and the following year supported the Rebellion in Ireland. In the unsettled context of the 1790s, these sites of invasion and defence take on new meanings for those travelling for pleasure and instruction. Focusing primarily on narratives by Catherine Hutton and Elizabeth Smith, the chapter explores female experiences of travel at a period of international conflict. It notes the frequent intersection of military and tourist routes, particularly on the ‘Irish Road’ to Holyhead where Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler, ‘The Ladies of Llangollen’, welcomed many travellers whose lives were affected by different aspects of the war.
Keywords: castles, coasts, Harlech, Irish Road, Ladies of Llangollen, Catherine Hutton, Elizabeth Smith, Fishguard Invasion, 1790s revolutionary wars, Irish Sea
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Industrial History Environmental History Literary Studies (Romanticism) Welsh History Literary Studies (Travel Literature)
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