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The Pierhead Building at Cardiff Bay was originally the headquarters of the Bute Dock Company, but today…

Segontium was a Roman fort that played an important part in the often difficult conquest of North…

If you visit Barmouth, in West Wales, you can find an amazing carved marble sculpture depicting three…

If you visit Caerwent, in southeast Wales, you’ll find many excellent historic ruins. That’s because it was…

Lieutenant general Thomas Picton was apparently, to put it mildly, not a very nice person. Even by…

Close to the beautiful coast of Cardigan Bay, on the windswept western side of Eryri (Snowdonia in…

Wales is well known for being steeped in ancient history. And along the ruggedly beautiful coast of…

Wales is, and rightly so, world-famed for its art and culture: some from the depths of its’…

On a trip to the excellent Avoncroft outdoor museum, near Bromsgrove in western England, I came across…

Originally built around 90 AD Caerleon amphitheatre was a popular entertainment venue for the legionnaries, and others…