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Llangain is a small village between Carmarthen and Llansteffan in South Wales. Dylan Thomas's mother came from here. During the school holidays young Dylan would sometimes go and stay with his Aunt Annie at her farm in Llangain, called Fern Hill. Fern Hill is remembered fondly in the wonderful poem of that name :
And when I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,
In the sun which is young once only,
Time let me play and be
Golden in the mercy of his means
Fern Hill farm is not open to visitors, but can be viewed from the road.
Directions: Driving down from the A48, take the B4312, go through the village and after roughly half a mile turn right at the sign for Llangynog and Glog Farm. A quarter of a mile ahead on the right is the entrance to Fern Hill Farm. Click here for an interactive map centred on Llangain.