machenforgetrail7

Post-Reformation wall paintings

February 19, 2015

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

Cathays Cemetery – ‘how green a place it is’

October 13, 2013

I take my Art & Death group to Cathays every year (it’s my idea of...

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...

On leaving memories behind

January 7, 2015

I now have my mother’s ashes in a neat little box on my bookshelf, between...

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...

Lost farmsteads: update

May 4, 2020

My old student Dave Standing (tweets as @AncientTorfaen ) suggested that the mortar in the...