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CAER Heritage project lead artist Paul Evans reports on the sacrificial hog modelling that took place during the CAER Heritage Project celebratory ‘Iron Age Hog Roast’ on Saturday July 6th. I ended up wearing two hats during the CAER Heritage Project celebratory ‘Iron Age Hog Roast’: my ‘CAER Heritage Project Lead Artist’ hat and myContinue reading “‘A Pig in a Post Hole’ (or ‘Burying The Bacon’) … the other hog blog”

Read a blog from Sheffield resident Penny, who also lives near an ‘urban’ hillfort like Caerau… Wow! I’ve been following you all on Facebook and reading the brilliant blog.  In the end I just couldn’t stay away so I packed my camera and my notebook, jumped in my little black car and drove all theContinue reading “From Wincobank to Caerau – with love”

Read Paul’s blog about the CAER Project and digging Caerau… Normally, I ascend Caerau hillfort by a slightly different route each time.  By avoiding the road I can then see how the hill’s biodiversity is progressing through the seasons and then, hopefully, making more sense of the hill’s overall shape and physical features.  Sometimes reachingContinue reading “Paul’s experiences at Caerau Hillfort”

CHP’s Mel bogs about engaging the public at Caerau Hillfort… I’m Mel, a Medievalist and historian, so being out in the fresh air is an exciting novelty for me! Unfortunately with work as well I’m not able to get up to the site more than once or twice a week, but while I’ve been upContinue reading “Engaging the Public at Caerau”

CHP’s Dave blogs about his experiences while digging Caerau… At Saturday’s big CAER project Iron Age Hog Roast I got chatting to a local resident who had lived at the bottom of Caerau hillfort all his life, I’d say he was in his 40s. At first I wasn’t sure that he was that interested inContinue reading “CAER Hog Roast Blog”

Pupils from Glyn Derw High School worked with Paul Evans, CHP lead artist, on the restoration of The CAER Heritage Project mural. The mural had been quite heavily ‘tagged’ since it was originally created from designs developed with a group of young people from Pethybridge Youth Centre – and we wanted the mural restored toContinue reading “CAER Project Mural Restored”

Excavation Finds Officer Johanna blogs about how we look after the finds from the dig… My name is Johanna and I am one of the finds officers at the current excavation of Caerau Hillfort. Being a finds officers means I don’t do a lot of digging, but I take care of anything the archaeologists findContinue reading “Conserving the finds from Caerau”

Cardiff University’s Exploring the Past Student Midnight blogs about her first day on site… I’m filled with excitement as we drive through a red brick housing estate and find the semi-hidden track leading to the top of Caerau hill at our first attempt. I’ve never been on an Archaeological excavation before, my only relevant experienceContinue reading “My first experiences of digging at Caerau Hillfort”

CAER Heritage Project’s Olly Davis blogs about the first week on site… What a week – lots of sunshine, lots of sun-burn and lots of archaeology! We started opening up the site on Monday with a JCB to help us strip off the topsoil – there’s about 30-40 cm of ploughsoil on Caerau Hillfort thatContinue reading “Digging Caerau Hillfort – Week 1”

Neath Castle – substantial stone works remains of this castle in the town centre of Neath.  A stone sign marks the site of a Roman fort (Nidum) built in 75AD to watch over the river Nedd. In the late 12th century Robert FitzRoy, Earl of Glouchester and lord of Glamorgan established his own fortress, NeathContinue reading “Jeff’s Blog – My visit to Neath Castle and Neath Abbey”