Welcome to my website. I am a medieval historian based in Wales with close links to a number of heritage and community organisations.
Latest Blog Posts
Parc y Fan
Well, this is another that I must have walked past several times without realising what it was. These foundations under the brambles and bracken must be all that’s left of Parc y Fan... READ MORE
The Warren
As I expected, there was very little to see on the site of the Warren farm. It’s on the tithe plan but as part of Treboeth, the farm to the east (https://www.heritagetortoise.co.uk/2020/08/tre-boeth-the-warm-town/). Here’s... READ MORE
Tre-boeth – the ‘warm town’?
This is another little farmstead that I must have walked past at least a dozen times without realising it was there. It’s at the north-east side of the Wern-ddu Claypits, just above the... READ MORE
Not the Head of the Pass
The woods between Rudry and Parc Cefn-onn are about the limit for my weekly long walk – about 12-13 miles with quite a bit of Up! But there is still plenty to have... READ MORE
