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Wales Tales
Take a trip round South Wales with Archaeotours
and visit ancient tombs and medieval castles
By Lucy Fisher
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
"Enormous bluestone slabs form the walls and roof of
Pentre Ifan, a bronze age burial chamber near Newport,
South Wales, which has views of the sea in one direction
and Carningli (Angel Mountain) in the other. Its builders
must have chosen its imposing site deliberately, say
guides Mary Baker and Maria Rocke, co-founders of Archaeotours.
Supplying a running commentary and picnic lunch, they
take small parties around South Wales' many historic
sites by car, van or foot."
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The haunting beauty of West Wales
In the haunting beauty of West Wales, an archaeological
tour breathes life into the ancient world.
By Juliet Rix
19 February 2006
"Clambering up a narrow winding path, I look at the cracked, grey rock-face to my right. "Can you see it?" asks Maria, my guide, and there emerges the outline of a cross. A kneeling-shelf juts out below, and a few coins have been pressed into fissures in the rock. "It is probably medieval," Maria tells me, "A best-selling book in the 1970s said this was the site of the Holy Grail - we got a fair few nutters up here after that. It is nothing of the sort, of course: this is solid rock and the cross is here because we are on the pilgrim route to St David's."
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Revealing Ancient Landscapes
By Siân Ellis
August 2009
“What is more thrilling than walking along a coastal path and picking up bits of flint, still sharp and viable, that someone hasn’t held for 6,000 years?” asks Mary Baker. “Or looking at a map, spotting where there might be an earthwork, and going the next day to find out?
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