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May 17, 2025

Shedding light on sheepfolds

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 ...

origins. One of the easiest to access is Buarth Llangelynnin, a short walk from the car park near the Old Llangelynnin Church above Rowen. It's divided into 10 cells. The HistoryPoints QR code on the nearby gatepost connects to this web page. Further along the North Wales Pilgrim's Way is Buarth Tyddyn Grasod, with 13 cells. The QR code on a wooden waymarker post connects to this page.

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Warehouse sketches revealed

Jun 14, 2025

On walls in Cardigan’s former Bridge Warehouse are Victorian pencil sketches of sailing ships and calculations of sail and rope dimensions. There’s no public access to them, but now you can scan a HistoryPoints QR code to see …

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An ancient row in Wrexham

Jun 7, 2025

A single-storey row of shops in Wrexham city centre has survived centuries of change, evidenced by the taller buildings all around. The building in Chester Street was probably built in the 17th century as workshops and has been ...

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Ebbw Vale's good cause-way

May 31, 2025

Ebbw Vale's 18th-century ironmasters did future generations a favour when they built a causeway to carry iron ore from one side of the valley to their furnaces on the other. Horses hauled the ore on a tramway and the level ...

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