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The hills above the mining valleys of south Wales are dotted with the remains of...

Madeleine GrayMay 5, 2025

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

Madeleine GrayAugust 19, 2013

We had some epic days out with the Gwent County History Association. In 2004 a...

Madeleine GrayMarch 4, 2015

Amy and I set off to Mitchel Troy, just south of Monmouth, to look for...

Madeleine GrayDecember 31, 2023

I thought I had done all I could with the lost farming landscapes north of...

Madeleine GrayMay 26, 2020

Back to Oliver Rackham’s Ancient Woods of South-east Wales. This rather undistinguished hedge-bank up in...

Madeleine GrayDecember 18, 2022