Hidden Histories (2008)
A series looking at the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales celebrating its centenary year.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2011-01-20Eddie Butler and Heledd Fychan find out if the Gwent Levels flood of 1607 was a tsunami. Disappearing rural cottages, and is the chain bridge at Llangollen is the oldest of its kind in the world.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2011-01-27Eddie learns to play handball at Nelson's unique handball court - the only one in the UK. Does the Norman town of Grosmont have the oldest church roof in Wales? How Bardsey Island changed through the ages. Updating traditional rural cottages.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2011-02-03The remarkable story of a 19th-century cursing well near Abergele, the secrets of a showcase mine (Ystrad Einion). Visiting Brynmawr Welfare Park to discover how it was built by volunteers from Europe. Pre-historic rock art on Anglesey as it's never been seen before,
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2011-02-10A look at the decommissioning of the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station, the lost settlements of Skomer Island and the search for the wreck of a Bristol Channel pilot cutter.