📣 Barclodiad y Gawres Guided Tours

A chance to investigate this unique and important passage tomb which is not generally open to the public.

Tours will be at 11am and 2pm.

Please book tickets online in advance: ow.ly/kG4950Rn0Kn

Excited to explore the culinary delights at Caerphilly Food Festival today! 🍽️

Don't forget to make time to wander the mightiest medieval Castell Caerffili / Caerphilly Castle in Wales! 🏰

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Join in #WalesOutdoorLearningWeek and celebrate it at some of Wales’ greatest playing and learning spaces – our heritage sites! 🌿🏰

Our historic places make a great extension to school or home learning now or any time. 🔗ow.ly/qof950RjKxZ

Take a Tour and Talk – a guided seasonal trip around the fascinating flora flourishing in Tretower’s recreated medieval garden.

Sat 27 Apr 2024
11:00 - 16:00

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#WalesOutdoorLearningWeek is for people of all ages to develop lifelong positive learning, health, and well-being behaviours. 🏰🌿

Find out more here: ow.ly/86VP50RjIuQ

This week in 1093 17th - 23rd April

Rhys ap Tewdwr King of Deheubarth answered the call to defend his kingdom, only to meet his end in the clash with the Normans residing in Brycheiniog, his death marked the beginning of significant Norman expansion into south Wales.

#RevealTuesday 🧐🔍

Blaenavon Ironworks changed the world. These hills on the edge of the Bannau Brycheiniog were rich with coal, limestone and iron ore — the fuel of the Industrial Revolution.

Read more here: ow.ly/6YS550QWGRc

Clear your diary and save the dates for #WythnosDysguAwyrAgored #WalesOutdoorLearningWeek and celebrate it at some of Wales’ greatest playing and learning spaces – our heritage sites! 🏰🌿

22–28 April 2024

Find out more here: ow.ly/5uqs50RjGs9

#MysteryMonday 🧐🔍

From here Wales heaved and belched and blasted itself onto the global stage. Welsh iron fashioned trailblazing engines, tools and machines. It built bridges, ships and railway lines. In short it made the modern world.

Do you know what site this is?

#NationalTeaDay is more than just a day; it’s a celebration of one of Britain’s most beloved traditions—tea drinking ☕

To mark the occasion, enjoy a cup of tea in the surroundings of some of Wales' historic sites 🏰

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Come and experience birds of prey up close and get to know a few of them Tintern Abbey today! 🦅

Spend the day with Wings of Wales Falconry, learn about the history of hawking, and enjoy the birds' majestic flight.

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Have you ever wondered what day-to-day life was like in the 17th century?

Discover a day in the life of the Llys a Chastell Tretwr / Tretower Court and Castle household – see the differences between now and then!

Sat 20 Apr 2024
10:30 - 16:00

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Celebrate #WorldHeritageDay with a trip to one of the many Cadw #historicallandmarks in #Wales . Arrive by train with Trafnidiaeth Cymru / Transport for Wales and get #2for1 entry.

Ts & Cs apply 📲 bit.ly/3Q4hXwj

Word of the Day: Castell = Castle 🏰

In Wales we have 427 castles! Our Cadw colleagues look after 44 of them, including this one!

Whether you’re visiting or already live here, come and enjoy a slice of our history this #WorldHeritageDay 👇
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Some photographs from this year’s archaeology field trip to south Wales and the Marches, including Cadw Will Davies speaking to us about recent archaeological and conservation work at Tintern Abbey

Today is #WorldHeritageDay 🌎🏰

To celebrate the occasion, we are offering guided tours around World heritage sites:

✨Castell Biwmares / Beaumaris Castle
✨Castell Caernarfon
✨Castell Harlech

Tours will be held between 11am and 3pm

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Get up close and personal with a variety of birds of prey this weekend at Chepstow Castle! 🦅

Find out about these fabulous birds and their role in medieval falconry. There will also be opportunities for supervised handling and photos.

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#RevealTuesday 🧐🔍

Capel Garmon Burial Chamber Tombs of this type belong to an archaeological grouping called ‘Cotswold-Severn’ after the area in which they are generally found, so Capel Garmon’s unusual position so far north remains a mystery.

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#MysteryMonday 🧐🔍

Thanks to its setting in north Wales, this well-preserved Neolithic (New Stone Age) chamber is something of an oddity.
A 16ft/5m passageway leads to a triple burial chamber with a large capstone over the western compartment.

Do you know what site is it?

Celebrate #WorldHeritageDay 2024!

Join us as we celebrate World Heritage Day on April 18th, 2024, with guided tours at our special world heritage sites:

✨ Beaumaris Castle
✨ Caernarfon Castle
✨ Harlech Castle

Find out more here: ow.ly/wBCz50RatFj