Ammanford is a medium sized town along the A483 between the end of the M4 at Pont Abraham and Llandeilo.

I found this old 8m CU concrete column with unidentified top entry GLS lantern next to an old colliery and industrial site on the outskirts of Ammanford. There are three similar columns, two of which still have lanterns attached. Simon Cornwell believes the lanterns are BTH.

These columns are not actually on any road, but on three industrial sites next to the road. Whether they used to light a road and the layout has been changed, or whether they lit up industrial buildings I do not know.

The column doesn't look very safe, and I imagine the only reason for it's survival is that it is not on council maintained land. Apparently the square shaped hole is intentional but the spalling damage at the top of the column is not! Jon Salmon has also found another of these lanterns near Southampton station - pictures on his website.

Photo taken September 2003.

This is another of the columns. Both column and lantern are almost identical to that pictured above.

Photo taken September 2003.

A close up of the lantern in the above picture. This time the lantern is missing it's refractor, although it still appears to have a lamp.

Photo taken September 2003.

This photo again shows the lantern above. Here you can clearly see that it is off the road.

For anyone interested, the road lanterns are Eleco GR100 90W SOX.

Photo taken September 2003.

These Urbis Victorian Saturn lanterns are part of a large installation through Ammanford town centre which probably dates from the 1990s, and is similar to those in Carmarthen and Llanelli town centres.

This photograph was taken in the car park, but the lanterns are identical along the main road through the town.

The column is an Urbis Cascade design.

Photo taken September 2003.

Another photo of the Victorian Saturn. This time the Urbis Cascade column shown has a single lantern fitting.

Photo taken September 2003.

To the south of Ammanford, standard GEC Z9554 135W SOX lanterns are installed columns leading up to the town centre. To the north of the town, an installation of deep bowl Z9554 lanterns mainly on the same columns is installed.

This photo shows a standard Z9554 on a bracket fitting. There are a few of these just to the north of the town centre, before the standard columns begin.

Photo taken September 2003.

This photo shows a deep bowl Z9554 on a similar bracket fitting to the one above. These lanterns are used along the main road from the north of Ammanford through Bonllwyn and towards Llandybie, when Philips MA50 lanterns take over.

Photo taken September 2003.

At one time, the Revo Lucidor 'A' 90W SOX was obviously the lantern of choice for residential roads in this area. Until my visit to Ammanford, I thought this was a relatively rare lantern - but Ammanford still has many left.

A typical pole and bracket fitting is seen here.

Photo taken September 2003.

Although the Lucidor is still commonplace in Ammanford, fittings on lighting columns are unusual - in fact this was the first one I've ever seen. There are a couple of them along this road which leads to the college in Ammanford - I've never seen them anywhere else.

This poor quality photo was taken from a car window. The column looks identical to quite a few in the area - maybe at one time they all carried Lucidor lanterns. These days a GEC Z9454, Eleco GR100 or Philips MA90 is usually fitted.

Photo taken September 2003.

A better view of the Revo Lucidor lantern. Most of those in Ammanford are in good condition.

Photo taken September 2003.

Ammanford and the surrounding area is unusual in that a large number of residential and minor streets are lit by 90W SOX lanterns rather than 35W or 55W.

This particularly odd choice shows Thorn Alpha 9 deep bowl lanterns along James Griffiths Road.

Photo taken September 2003.

This Phosco P178 is looking a bit worse for wear - photographed in a residential cul-de-sac at the northern end of Ammanford.

Photo taken February 2006.