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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...

Grosmont: borough and village street

March 4, 2015

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

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...

Rise up Women who Weren’t Born Yesterday (again)

August 11, 2013

Does my 30 seconds of fame on Countryfile qualify me to speak about the problems...

Coedcae Garw

July 29, 2020

I’m still finding ruined farmsteads north of Cardiff. The number surprises me. We’re used to...

Llangybi: several generations of wall paintings

March 23, 2014

Our annual field trip up the Usk to Llangybi: we can get there, look at...