The wind can be brutal and the waves thunderous — and that's if you've managed to cross the military firing range to get there in the first place.
But if you can face the weather atop this exposed cliff on the southernmost point of Pembrokeshire — then descend down dozens of stone steps — you'll find a building unlike any other in Wales. Built in a narrow opening, and perched almost impossibly above the crashing waves below, is St Govan's Chapel, which has stood there since it was first built into the very rock itself 800 years ago.
The chapel, which feels ancient, raw and like few places anywhere in Britain, is a medieval pilgrimage chapel with a history believed to date back to the fifth or sixth century, though the structure you see today is from the 13th century. The inside has a vaulted roof and a simple interior of a bare stone altar, which is much older than the stone walls.
