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Pupils can get taste of Gwent history

GWENT schoolchildren will have the chance to get a taste of local history, courtesy of Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service.

HISTORIC: The Blaenavon Ironworks HISTORIC: The Blaenavon Ironworks

At Blaenavon Ironworks, pupils can take a tour; undertake activities in the Ironworks Company Shop and experience life in a Victorian classroom.

At Caerphilly Castle, pupils will learn about feasting in an Anglo-Norman castle, including medieval manners, and also about who was who in the household of a Welsh Prince at the museum.

At Chepstow castle, pupils will help a castle servant get a chamber ready for a visit from Lady Alicia de Bigod in 1294.

For more information visit www.cadw.wales.gov.uk


Comments (1)

26/06/12

Owain Vaughan says...

So, in the baffling world of Argus geography -- is the town of Caerphilly in your "Gwent" or not?

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