Harold's Stones, Trellech, Monmouthshire
Three enormous prehistoric stones at Trellech (actually means three stones). On a very gloomy, swirly drizzling boxing day 2011.
3 Standing Stones - Trellech River Wye Valley
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Explore 3 standing stones in Trellech Monmouthshire. Known as the Harold stones Trellech, meaning tri or 3, is named after them. Stood in a non descript field 2.5 miles West of the River Wye they strike a mysterious figure with their quartz crystal configuration. Worth a visit.
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Lost City of Trellech - Standing Stones and Ancient History in Rural Wales
A visit to the ancient lost city of Trellech. The city is now a tiny hamlet in the middle of the South Wales countryside, but it was once the biggest and most important city in Wales, and perhaps the whole of Britain.
It still has some fascinating sights including standing stones, a mystic well, .a mysterious mound, an ancient church and the remains of the old city.
King Arthur's Stone Dorstone, Herefordshire
Mr H and the girls return to the England Wales border close to the Brecon National Park before visiting King Arthur's Stone which is a Neolithic burial chamber in Dorstone, Herefordshire and legend has it where King Arthur once slew a Giant.
Mystery of the Trellech
The village of Trellech is named after the three bronze age stones which were placed there thousands of years ago, but do they have a secret meaning?
Time Team S15-E01 Hunting King Harold, Portskewett, South Wales
Harold's Field in Portskewett, Monmouthshire, has long been rumoured (and referenced in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles) as a site where Harold Godwinson, later to become King Harold, built a hunting lodge in 1065 after defeating the Welsh.
Before that, this same hill may have been the location of a Welsh royal palace reported as having been built in the 6th century. As if that isn't enough, pottery finds nearby suggest the hill may also have been utilised in Roman times too.
The Time Team have three days to unearth the secrets of Harold's Field.
A Date With Time: The Medieval City of Trellech with Stuart Wilson
In the autumn of 2015 we visited an Archaeological dig site near Trellech where the owner, Stuart Wilson, claims to have unearthed a medieval city that might have been the power base for a campaign to conquer Wales. He kindly showed us what he had discovered there so far...
More about the Medieval City of Trellech and how to get involved:
lostcityoftrellech.co.uk
The lost city of Trellech: History fan spends his £32,000 life savings buying a field.
The lost city of Trellech: History fan spends his £32.000 life savings buying a field on a hunch - then is proved spectacularly right when he digs it up to discover the remains of a medieval town.
A history fan who spent his £32,000 life savings buying a field because he believed there were secrets hidden below the soil has been proved right after unearthing a lost medieval city.
Stuart Wilson bought the 4.6 acre plot of land in South Wales more than a decade ago, because he believed it would become significant in Norman history.
Now, twelve years on, the 37-year-old has pieced together his findings to unveil the site as the ancient industrial town of Trellech, South Wales.
The city, which lies between Monmouth and Trelleck, is believed to date back to the 13th century and is thought to have been home to around 10,000 people, including Norman lords of the de Clare family who used it as a place to mass produce iron.
So far, Mr Wilson and his volunteers have discovered the remains of a manor house with two halls and a courtyard, enclosed with curtain walls and a massive Round Tower.
Within that manor house complex, the group has discovered several different rooms - both with fireplaces.
The volunteers have also found a well, in which they have discovered a nearly complete medieval pot, metal work, wooden objects and parts of leather shoes.
Mr Wilson - a former toll booth worker who moved back in with his parents so he could afford his field of dreams - said the discovery was highly significant.
He said: 'This is a massive settlement dating back to the 13th century.
'At its peak, we're talking about a population of maybe around 10,000 people. In comparison, there were 40,000 in London, so it's quite large.
'This population grew from nothing to that size within 25 years. Now it took 250 years for London to get to 40,000 people, so we're talking a massive expansion.
'And that's just the planned settlement. The slums would have been quite numerous. There you would be talking even 20,000 plus. It's a vast area.'
He added that, from what had been discovered so far, it appears as though the inhabitants' life would have been tough.
'If you're working in the fields you are living hand to mouth every single day - it's a really hard existence,' he said.
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Caldicot Castle (Monmouthshire, Wales, UK)
Wikipedia: Caldicot Castle (Welsh: Castell Cil-y-coed) is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100. The castle became a Grade I listed building on 10 June 1953.
It was in the possession of Thomas of Woodstock, a son of King Edward III of England, until his death in 1391, when it reverted to the Crown.
AHAS Tintern Dig 11/11/2015
Great day at Tintern. This done with loads of help from Charlie.
Aberystruth History and Archaeology Society Tintern Dig November 2015 with Frank, Ian, Bill, Marilyn, Rebekah, Annie and Charlie.
FPI Monmouthshire Investigations Part Two
More KII and communication in The Vestry at Tintern Abbey, part three coming soon including The Virtuous Well, Harold's Stones and St Mary's Church Tintern......keep watching :)
Caldicot Castle, Wales, United Kingdom from Travel with Iva Jasperson
Caldicot Castle, Wales, United Kingdom from Travel with Iva Jasperson
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Caldicot Castle (Welsh: Castell Cil-y-coed) is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100.The castle became a Grade I listed building on 10 June 1953.
It was in the possession of Thomas of Woodstock, a son of King Edward III of England, until his death in 1391, when it reverted to the Crown.
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Introducing the Wye Valley
A 'documentary' type film showing the beauty of the Wye Valley, its scenic views, ancient standing stones, view points and the night sky.
Kings And Queens of England 1066 - Present Day
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Visit Brockweir
A week-end visit to friends in the Wye valley.
The Wye Valley In HD
A few places in the area:
Harolds Stones, Tintern Abbey, The Old Station...
Trellech, Llandogo, Tintern, Cleddon...
Visiting Raglan Castle
So...this is Raglan Castle! Probably the best castle in Wales so far... So Ii hope you enjoy! If so...please remember to like and subscribe to my channel! Thanks for watching! :D :) ;)
Scene on The Cobb, Lyme Regis - from The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Filmed at the actual location the Cobb at Lyme Regis, the splendidly evocative first encounter between Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep in this tragic cinematic romance. Basically he takes a shine to the moody redhead and decides to forego his horny bit of upper-class totty (who is not short of a bob or two) in favour of a bit of how's your father with the impoverished old misery guts who spends all her time sulking around Lyme Regis waiting in vain for the return of the lover who jilted her, the eponymous French Lieutenant.. Both characters deserve all the misery they get cause they are a pair of misguided fuckwits who neither of them recognise they are onto a good thing.
Hereford and Trellech
Trip to Trellech village in Monmouthshire and a visit to Herefordshire.
Pit bike at trellech quarry
Cooky goin through a puddle then the chain comes off lol