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Post-Reformation wall paintings

February 19, 2015

Sometimes it’s the early stuff that’s exciting, the earlier the better – but just occasionally...

The dying of the light

October 29, 2014

If you teach death and commemoration, it’s a very strange experience caring for someone through...

Early Medieval Inscribed Stones

June 30, 2013

I have the final volume of Nancy Edwards’ Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones to...

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...

The Cross of Destiny

March 21, 2015

Sometimes it’s the things that everyone knows that turn out to be the most puzzling...

Alternative routes to Penrhys

October 11, 2016

(or How the Old Poet Got to Penrhys – part 2) The route over Mynydd...