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Pontypool – not quite what you expect of a Valleys town

October 5, 2013

Excellent MA field trip to Pontypool, led by Steve. For the full description, go to...

#smokingisnottheonlyrubbish

September 12, 2013

Why are we so mucky in south Wales? As Steve and I work our way...

Deserted farmsteads (again)

May 13, 2020

So is that farm just off the Heol Hir Ty Drav (as on the tithe...

If the past is a foreign country, should you get its geography right?

August 19, 2013

Hilary Mantel says that if you want to write historical novels and you include facts...

‘The Disaster of our Estate’: Anthony Kitchin and the diocese of Llandaff

November 29, 2014

Persevering with the rescuing of articles from the Gwent County History Association’s Newsletter: this is...

Coedcae and the Cwm

August 4, 2020

Having found the ruins of Coedcae Garw thanks to @mikekohnstamm (https://www.heritagetortoise.co.uk/2020/07/coedcae-garw/) I’ve reverse engineered the...