Field Notes

The Templar Chronicle

Research notes, site visits and small discoveries as this project takes shape. A new section of the Templar Wales book is published here every morning.

Part I — Origins · Chapter 1: Before Wales

Before Wales: the birth of the Order

Long before a Templar boot touched Welsh soil, nine knights in Jerusalem swore an oath that would build an empire of farms and ferries from Pembroke to Palestine. Part I, Chapter 1 of the Templar Wales history.

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Why Slebech matters

If you visit one Templar site in Wales, make it Slebech. Here is why the little ruin beside the Cleddau is the key to the whole story.

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