Weatherman Walking
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Weatherman Walking: The Welsh Coast returns!
Hillforts
Hands off our hillfort!
Around 100 people headed to Oswestry’s Old Hill Fort on Sunday to lend their ‘hugs of support’ to the ancient monument.People young and old, with plenty of four-legged friends, took part in the hug around the ramparts of the hillfort, which has been included in land for potential development around the setting. There were plenty […]
BBC Radio Wales Town of the Week – Denbigh
This week my local town of Denbigh featured as Town of the Week on BBC Radio Wales. Connie Fisher sat in for Wynne Evans on his BBC Radio Wales show this week and on Thursday revealed Denbigh as their pick for the feature this week. And I was very pleased to be involved. During the […]
Weatherman Walking
You can now see the full episode of my walk with Derek the Weatherman on BBC’s Weatherman Walking on BBC iPlayer! Back in 2009, Derek ‘the Weather’ Brockway joined me in Moel Famau Country Park for his BBC Wales show Weatherman Walking. We talked about monumental hillforts, ancient burial places, purple hills, the tower […]
The hillforts of Wales
Earlier this month I was contacted by WalesOnline asking about hillforts. Literally. I had a short but sweet message asking me to get in touch and simply stating: “It’s about hillforts.” It’s about hillforts. This email arrived at a really important point in my hillfort-related life. Actually, a really important point in my life in general. I […]
Celtic crafts on the prom!
I’ll be spending tomorrow on Llandudno Prom, towered over by Pen y Dinas hillfort! Pen y Dinas is an Iron Age hillfort dating back over 2000 years, located on the Great Orme, just by the ski centre. To highlight this magnificent site, I’ll be doing celtic crafts with mini roundhouse and brooch making with families […]
Celtic crafts
Join me tomorrow for hillfort-inspired family crafts as part of Venue Cymru’s Inspire Day at Penmaenmawr beach cafe. Don some bling by creating your own Celtic brooch, get your woad on with Iron Age art face paints and round up for mini roundhouse making!
Flintshire Historical Society lecture
This afternoon I am very honoured to be giving a talk to the Flintshire Historical Society and I am very very excited about it! The society was formed in 1911 for the collection and publication of archaeological, historical information and materials relating to the (old) ‘County of Flint’. I will be talking all about the hillforts of […]
Hug a Hillfort!
Old Oswestry Hillfort has been described as the ‘Stonehenge of the Iron Age’ and ‘one of the greatest archaeological monuments of the nation’. Yes, it really is that impressive! And I am lucky enough that I grew up just a few miles away from it, just over the Welsh/English border. The land surrounding it is currently […]
Talking Hillforts
To kick off the new year in style, I will be talking hillforts next Thursday to the Deganwy History Group. Some of you may know me as ‘Erin Hillforts’, especially if we’re connected through social media. Someone once asked me if ‘Hillforts’ really was my middle name! To be honest, I’m glad it’s not! But […]