UK's forgotten 'sunken village' where you can still hear its ghostly cries

UK's forgotten 'sunken village' where you can still hear its ghostly cries View 3 Images

The Greeks have their myths of Atlantis, and even within the UK, there's the tale of Cantre'r Gwaelod in Cardiff Bay . Both legends recount cities and civilisations consumed by the sea, but for those living in South Wales , there's a lesser-known story much closer to home.

The Bristol Channel was once a vast, forested land, with semi-fossilised ancient tree stumps occasionally revealed at the lowest tides. The earliest settlers lived on lands submerged by the melting of ice-age glaciers thousands of years ago.

However, evidence suggests that land existed beyond Mumbles Head as recently as four centuries ago, and medieval accounts speak of a bridle path from Penrice Castle to Margam Abbey tha