Amazing to see all this regular stuff now going on at the mighty CAER Heritage ACE Centre…but we are just getting started on its potential ❤️…and that is why heritage matters & is inseparable from community✊Cronfa Treftadaeth y Loteri Genedlaethol ArchaeologyUK Welsh Museums Fed.

A few pics from our lovely garden - thanks to the hard work of our amazing volunteers

Today we have our wonderful Gardening Group at CAER Heritage who will be putting new hedging around the perimeter of the centre 🌿🌱🌻🍃

Want to check out the finds & amazing co-created heritage inspired art from our CAER Heritage ACE community dig including that incredible Bronze Age pot as feat. TV's #DiggingForBritain ? Then why not pop into the fab CAER Heritage Centre on a Monday or a Wednesday ✊

Treasures of Trelai Park: Exhibition is now open to the public on Mondays and Wednesdays in the CAER Centre until 01 May!

2/ Amazing group of young people! They came for the video games design but were super interested in the history & archaeology too, some even volunteered for this year’s dig! @CUHistArchRel Cardiff University Media Academy Cymru Cardiff West CHS ACE Bex Betton

Fab morning CAER Heritage Centre bringing together Media Academy Cymru & Cardiff West Community High School Sixth Form students to design video games inspired by incredible heritage ACE with the awesome Bex Betton ➡️ WASD, all made possible by contact est. by Daniel Finnegan ✊

1/ Fantastic to welcome Sarah from Flat Holm Island to the mighty CAER Heritage Centre this morning to talk to the Love our Hillfort volunteers about the incredible island’s heritage & ecology, we’re all hoping for a team visit this summer! ACE @CUHistArchRel

historic environment, heritage tourism + heritage construction supported 40,670 jobs, nearly 3% of Wales’ total employment.

Visitors to Welsh heritage attractions contribute £1.72bn

112,000 construction workers employed in Wales spend 43% time working on historic buildings.

Check out my new @CUHistArchRel blog on the CAER Heritage Roman ‘Diff Fusion project which brought together Community Gateway, Caerdydd Creadigol | Creative Cardiff & awesome & talented year 8s from Fitzalan High & Cardiff West CHS to explore heritage & create friendships, here:

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/history-at-car…

Archaeoleg - y sylw diweddaraf
Archaeology - latest coverage
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Recovering Forgotten Stories Course 9th March 2023 - mailchi.mp/0750c61e1ab4/s…

What an amazing project Roman Diff Fusion was. I feel so privileged to have worked on the project with Dave 💙, Nic, young people from Cardiff West and Fitzalan high school and everyone else. To see the learning and friendships growing was lovely. Thanks all It was amazing!

Thank you to TAG44@UEANorwich for having CAER Heritage. We discussed the importance of space, place, people, and time when capturing polyvocal narratives in social heritage

Nice to a see CAER Heritage image at our stall at the Ely festival ACE featuring here with Kate Moles & @CUHistArchRel Steph Ward ✊ Well done Cardiff University Carl Smith on getting silver!

Working alongside youth workers, creatives and academics from @CUHistArchRel this collective of young people co-created a new ‘Diff‘Fusion community and together discovered a forgotten history of Cardiff while co-creating art & a performance event that looks to the future 👏🏽

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This morning Community Gateway was invited to celebrate the final day of Roman ‘Diff’Fusion - a partnership project bringing together young people from Ely and Caerau and young people from Grangetown and Riverside, communities that face many similar challenges.

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More about the CAER Heritage Hidden Hillfort can be found here:
caerheritageproject.com

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The CAER Heritage Hidden Hillfort Exhibition Launch on Tuesday celebrated the communities of Caerau & Ely with an amazing co-created exhibition exploring 6,000 years of local heritage through artefacts, art & virtual reality.

Really pleased for Dave 💙 and colleagues 👏🏽

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Spent yesterday Evening and this Morning CAER Heritage Centre in Ely - observing firsthand the marvellous coproduction taking place with a dedicated team from @CardiffUni their impact is felt by everyone involved including local residents, volunteers & the next generation 👏🏽

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