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The second workshop to develop ephemeral artworks for our Romans to the Races heritage trail was devised and led by Caer Heritage Project artist Paul Evans with young artists from Glyn Derw High. In the classroom we researched Roman motifs and made a series of thumb-nail sketches. We then braved the icy winds blowing over Trelai fieldsContinue reading “Trail Art Part II: Romans to the Races”

In late December 2013 CAER Heritage Project director Dr David Wyatt and project artist Paul Evans visited Michaelston College and Glyn Derw to brainstorm, design and develop the first two way-marks for our HEART of Cardiff trails. These intensive creative workshops focussed on ‘Medieval Michaelston’, a circuit that takes in St Michael’s Church and a desertedContinue reading “Signposting the Past Part I: designing way-marks for our ‘Medieval Michaelston’ and ‘Romans to the Races’ heritage trails”

For the last three weeks CHP’s Olly Davis, with a lot of help from Julia Best, Paul Kemble and other CAER volunteers, has been wet sieving the soil samples taken from Caerau during the summer’s excavations. Read the latest blog to find out what they discovered…and how cold they’ve been! All the artefacts we recoverContinue reading “Sieving Caerau’s Finds!”

Remember back in July, when the weather was hot and sunny and the excavations up at Caerau Hillfort were in full swing? One Monday afternoon back then we had a visitor to the site who had driven all the way from Yorkshire to see how we were getting on. The visitor in question was Penny,Continue reading “From Caerau to Wincobank – the Silures meet the Brigantes!”

Paul Evans describes the creative ‘work in progress’ on our forthcoming HEART of Cardiff Heritage Trail. Co-design and co-production have been central to both the ethos and the process behind The HEART of Cardiff Heritage Trail. Working with Dr Kate Moles and Dr Stephanie Ward from Cardiff University departments of Sociology and History, I devisedContinue reading “The HEART of Cardiff Heritage Trail”

A busy day at Caerau hillfort with pupils from Glyn Derw High School, Cardiff: creating artworks themed around Celtic heads and designing a waymark for the forthcoming HEART of Cardiff Heritage Trail with Paul Evans, CAER Heritage project lead artist. Stage 1: After an introduction by Ian Daniel from St Fagans National History Museum, theContinue reading “Caerau ‘Trench Hedz’”

I had a good time around London visiting historical places of interest.  One on my highlights was climbing the Monument all 311 steps but the view from the top was truly breathtaking. I even had a certificate to say that I climbed it which was really good. Here is a bit of history about theContinue reading “Jeff’s blog 7th August 2013 – My Visit to London”

Enclosing an area the size of almost 8 football pitches, Caerau Hillfort is by far the largest hillfort in south Glamorgan, yet it has never before been researched.  In fact, we know very little about hillforts in this region at all – even basic questions like how the settlements were organised inside, how long theyContinue reading “New discoveries at Caerau Hillfort”