On the Black Hill
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On the Black Hill is a novel by Bruce Chatwin published in 1982 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year. In 1987 it was made into a film, directed by Andrew Grieve.
First edition
The southern part of the Grwyne Fechan valley in the Black Mountains
The summit of the Black Mountain crossed by the Offa's Dyke Path
Scethrog Tower
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Scethrog Tower stands to the south of the hamlet of Scethrog, in the Usk valley between Brecon and Crickhowell, in Powys, Wales. A tower house dating from the 14th century, in the late 20th century it
On the Black Hill
…in the time he researched the book, interweaving fact and fiction, gossip, locations, stories and social history. Much of the book was written at Scethrog Tower, between Brecon and Crickhowell. The tower was home to George Melly whose wife, Diana, was a close friend of Chatwin's and was a dedicatee for the book…
Scethrog Tower is visible in the very centre of the image, to the south of the village and to the north of the river