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Mar 22, 2012

Pen yr hell do you say that?

Pen yr Helgi Du and Pen Llithrig y Wrach aren't the easiest mountain names to pronounce, unless ...

you speak Welsh - or unless you go to this page on HistoryPoints.org. We've identified the peaks you can see from Conwy Mountain and walkers with smartphones will be able to hear, on the spot, the trickiest names pronounced.

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Spanning change in Abertillery

May 10, 2025

Foundry Bridge in Abertillery was built to cross a railway and river, but now both have vanished from view - along with the eponymous foundry. A new HistoryPoints QR code at the bridge reveal that the structure replaced a Victorian level crossing where four people had died. You ...

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Cardigan PoW's updates in 1918

May 2, 2025

Edith Davies of the Eagle Inn, Cardigan, was receiving occasional news from her husband Daniel - a prisoner of war in Germany - when she gave birth to their son in August 1918. Daniel survived captivity. After the Armistice, he sent ...

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Defending Colwyn Bay

Apr 25, 2025

Defending Colwyn Bay's promenade and adjacent railway against erosion has been a challenge for almost two centuries. Marking completion of the latest improvements last year, a granite 'postcard' depicting sea defence works was installed, and now you can scan ...

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