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I’m fascinated with history, especially medieval castles, and love going to visit all the historical sites around Cardiff and the Vale, and sometimes even further afield! Why don’t you follow my travels through this new blog.  Here’s some places I’ve been to recently. Click on the links to find out more… Ever been to Caerwent,Continue reading “Jeff’s History Blog”

New street-art mural marks entrance to Iron Age hillfort Young people from North Ely Youth Centre, Petherbridge Road, Ely, Cardiff have created a visually striking new mural to signpost a new heritage trail that will soon be developed around the Caerau Iron Age hillfort as part of a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) All Our Stories grant. The creation of the heritage trailContinue reading “Pathway to the Past – Mural comes alive!”

On 6th March 2013 we visited Castell Henllys in West Wales with young people from Ely and Caerau. To complement our visit – and inspired by the micro-montage work of street artist Slinkachu – CAER Heritage Project lead artist Paul Evans devised a dynamic photography workshop using Airfix figures and digital cameras. We were very impressed by theContinue reading “Pathway to the Past”

To celebrate the launch of the CAER Heritage Project exhibition at the Senedd and Cardiff Story Museum, find out more about what we’ve been up to over the last year with this free downloadable publication               CAERBooklet_English                 CAERBooklet_Welsh