Archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson’s claim that the bluestones of Stonehenge were originally sited at Waun Mawn in Pembrokeshire, featured in a BBC documentary in 2021, has been challenged by local geoscientist Dr Brian John in a new paper (DOI:10.1177/09596836241236318). [Picture by Dr Brian John]
Haverfordwest Town Museum is opening a pop-up museum in the town centre while the castle premises is closed for redevelopment. The temporary site, in the Riverside Shopping Centre, opens on 25 March and is likely to run until 2027, featuring regular and changing displays. [Pembrokeshire Herald]
Nell Darby looks at the maritime and inland history of Dylan Thomas’s ‘ugly, lovely town’. Swansea has often had to fight off negative comparisons to its big brother, Cardiff, which benefits from its status as the Welsh capital city. Even its most famous son, poet and playwright Dylan Thomas, had mixed emotions about his birthplace, describing … Read more
The Gittins family were well established in Mostyn, north Wales, where they mined coal. But what would they do when their mine closed? By Rick Kitson. Mining in Mostyn has taken place since 1261, and it has always been a dangerous occupation. As well as the risk of the underground workings collapsing, throughout the last … Read more
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £19,900 for a new heritage project, Archiving the Past. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project will be the first step in collating and digitalising the wealth of archive material relating to Llangollen Eisteddfod, so that it can … Read more
If you want to know more about your criminal ancestors, there are an increasing number of museums catering to your needs, as Nell Darby explores. Dark tourism is the act of travelling to sites that are associated with death, tragedy or crime. As such, dark tourism has been increasingly analysed by academics, drawing parallels between … Read more