HistoryPoints News

Apr 18, 2025

Eerie coastal ruin demystified

A ruined building at the end of a causeway has been revealed to the public with the opening of a new section of the Wales Coast Path near Bangor. Now you can scan a HistoryPoints QR code to discover what the building was ...

and why it was built in the 18th century for the occupants of nearby Penrhyn Castle, and to see a drawing of it when it was fairly new. You'll find the QR code on a fencepost on the north side of the path where it passes the ruin. Or you can click here to see the information and drawing.

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Shedding light on sheepfolds

May 17, 2025

Large, multi-cell sheepfolds are a feature of the Carneddau uplands, in Eryri National Park, and now we've started placing QR codes near some of them for walkers to discover their purpose and ...

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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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