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Today I visited a lovely place called Old Beaupre Castle, in the Vale of Glamorgan. Substantial remains of a castle largely built in 14th to 16th centuries. Once owned by the Mansels and later on the Bassets. Richard Basset supported King Charles 1st during the English Civil War. After the kings defeat he was forcedContinue reading “Jeff’s History Blog – My visit to Old Beaupre Castle”

On this trip I decided to check out Llancarfan first. This is a quiet little village set in the middle of rolling green hills of the country side – first stop is the village church, St Cadoc. This church dated back to 1190. This church has a battlement tower, with a gold stag lighting conductor,Continue reading “Jeff’s History Blog – My trip to Llancarfan and Penmark”

To try to encourage people to come and discover Caerau Hillfort for themselves, a group of keen local residents have helped to clear the overgrown vegetation on the right-of-way into the southern entrance of the hillfort from Cwrt-yr-Ala Road, as part of the Pathway to the Past HLF All Our Stories initiative coordinated by CAERContinue reading “Opening up the Pathway to the Past!”

First visit to St Andrews Major church – I’m very impressed with the place, nice surroundings in a small peaceful village. The high west tower with a corbelled parapet and a south door way, the porch and wide north aisle all date from remodelling of 1480-1520. The nave and chancel are maybe 13th century andContinue reading “Jeff’s History Blog – My trip to St Andrews Major”

Done a 7 mile trip to this village on bike and on approach I found a stunning place a church, St Illyds, and 16th century manor house in a quiet countryside setting. Brief history – the manor house Llantrithyd Place was built by John Bassett in the early part of the 16th century. The ruinsContinue reading “Jeff’s History Blog – My trip to Llantrithyd village”

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    

More Postcards from the Iron Age: Dear Mother, I’ve missed you, the weather sucks. I want food but most of all I love you. Bye. XOXOXO P.S. The Iron Age rocks, you have missed out on a lot! To Mum, I have just signed up for the army and I have killed my first roman.Continue reading “Postcards from the Iron Age: Part II”