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Dylan Thomas's Grave

St Martin's churchyard, Laugharne

A simple white cross for Wales's most famous poet.

Dylan Thomas, author of 'Under Milk Wood' and 'Do not go gentle into that good night', died in New York in 1953, aged 39. He was buried in the churchyard at Laugharne, where he had lived and written in a boathouse on the estuary.

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When
1953
Where
51.7710, -4.4590
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

The Boathouse and his writing shed are open to visitors.

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