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Over the last few months, we’ve been lighting up our monuments in rainbow colours to show our support for the fantastic work being done by the NHS and key workers. Here are just a few of the comments from our lovely followers.
Castell Coch, Cardiff
Andrea Butler Castell Coch… love that place! Looks amazing Cadw #thankyouNHS
Sam Tocher Like Wales and its peeps… stay safe all… look forward to a visit when it’s safe to do so.
Han Cheek The waiting will make it appreciate it EVEN more # Wales. xxx
Louise Goodwin I remember going there with family in Wales many years ago. It looks beautiful lit up in rainbow colours.
Beryl Gray Wonderful photo, we don’t really appreciate the wonderful history we have surrounding us, do we!! It is really special.
Conwy Castle
Colin Elsbury Diolch yn fawr. Thank you for showing your appreciation for our NHS.
Travelooneyblog Hope to return to Conwy one day. It’s a special spot!
Bettyjones11 Beautiful. Proud to be a nhs worker.
We’d like to thank Stage Lighting Services and Stage Sound Services for the wonderful lighting of Castell Coch and Conwy Castle.
An update on your Cadw membership
Firstly, we would like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support and membership of Cadw during these unprecedented times.
We appreciate that this is a very difficult time for everyone and it is with your valued support that we are able to protect and conserve Wales’s historic sites for the benefit of future generations, all while keeping them safe for our members and visitors.
To compensate for the unforeseen closure of Wales’s historic sites during the coronavirus outbreak and to ensure that you are getting the most out of your membership, we are offering all of our members who joined on or before 8 April 2020 six months’ of Cadw membership — for free.
How will this work?
Your six months’ free Cadw membership can be arranged in one of two ways…
Option 1: It will be given to you automatically upon renewal of your current membership, for which you will be charged 50% less. Our reduced renewal fees will be in place until 8 April 2021 to ensure that all members who purchased membership on or before 8 April 2020 will benefit from this offer.
Option 2: If you choose not to renew your Cadw membership, please contact us when your annual renewal is due and we will issue you with a temporary membership card — honouring the free six months (which will start from your renewal date). Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, we’ve had countless messages from members asking how you can further support the continued care of Wales’s historic sites — and for that we can’t thank you enough!
If you would like to make a donation, you can do so through our online platform: cadw.gov.wales/donate-to-cadw.
We would like to thank all of our members who are working on the front-line of the pandemic and extend our well-wishes to everyone who has been touched by it. We look forward to welcoming you back, just as soon as it is safe to do so.
CADW CROSSWORD
Win a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ80 camera, courtesy of Cadw!
Looking forward to returning to our sites? Carry this small, but powerful, compact camera with you to capture those memories! Packed full of features, including a massive 30x optical zoom, high-speed focusing, excellent performance in low light and integrated electronic stabilisation for photos and video, this is your perfect pocket companion for your future historical explorations. You can find all the answers in this edition of Heritage in Wales. Good luck!
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, we cannot accept entries by post. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Alternatively, you can take a photo with your phone or tablet and email it to cadwmarketing@gov.wales with ‘Crossword competition’ in the subject line. If you submit an image of a completed crossword by email, the crossword must be fully legible. The closing date for the competition is 30 September 2020. Terms and conditions: The prize is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ80 camera. The prize has no cash value or alternative and is non-transferable. By participating in the competition, entrants are agreeing to receive email newsletters from Cadw until such time as they unsubscribe. The competition is not open to employees of Cadw or Equinox or members of their families and is not held in association with Panasonic.
1 Who came from Kent to make weapons at Beaumaris
Castle in 1307? (7) 3 Which manufacturer built the Second World War plane whose wreckage lies buried on Morfa Harlech? (8) 4 At which First World War battle did Hedd Wyn lose his life? (13) 6 Eugeen __________ carved parts of the Black Chair at
Yr Ysgwrn. (11) 8 James White was the Coxwain of which lifeboat? (8) 10 In which town has Bill Zajac been on the hunt for place names? (10) 14 Which commodity was shipped from Caernarfon in the nineteenth century? (5) 15 The _____ farmer used the waste from castle toilets as fertiliser for his crops. (4) 17 Which Cadw site’s guidebook won ‘Best Publication’ at the ACE Awards? (7) 18 What sites from Cwm Nash can you view as 3D models? (6) 21 Which hillfort can you study courtesy of the Council for British Archaeology? (8) 23 Name one of the house names discovered on
St Martins Road in Caerphilly. (2,6) 2 What is the name of Wil and Cate’s furry friend? (6) 5 Medieval doctors believed that the body consisted of four _____. (7) 7 What is Dr Erin Lloyd Jones’s profession? (13) 9 Which bird’s legendary story can you unlock on the virtual guide to
Conwy’s Town Walls? (7) 11 Which Cadw site will be having a new visitor centre in a converted fifteenth-century barn? (8) 12 Pottery from which monastic order has been found at Caernarfon Castle? (10) 13 Who is the warrior princess depicted in Cadw’s new book, Welsh Women
Making History? (9) 16 Where was the National Eisteddfod at which Hedd Wyn was awarded his bardic title? (10) 19 Where was Sarah Jane Rees’s nautical academy located? (11) 20 What is another name for Comfrey? (8) 22 Which herb symbolises remembrance? (8) 24 Volunteers gathered information from tithe maps and schedules for which project? (7) 25 Which Roman fort can you ‘virtually’ visit via a video animation on the
Cadw app? (9) 26 How many toilets were in Beaumaris Castle? (6) 27 Name the Cadw site lit up in rainbow colours in honour of the NHS? (5)
Winner’s announcement Congratulations go to… Alan Roberts from Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan, who completed issue 69’s Cadw crossword correctly and won a GoPro camera.
2021 Cadw calendar coming soon!
Purchase our much-loved calendar online and in our visitor centres from 1 September and enjoy a daily reminder of our stunning monuments across Wales — from the royal strongholds of Edward I in the north to the tranquil Tintern Abbey and captivating Caerphilly Castle in the south.
The celestial painted ceiling at seventeenth-century Gwydir Uchaf chapel in Conwy, a hidden gem, also makes an appearance. The seated figure of God the father surrounded by four cherubs with golden wings and symbols of the sun, moon and stars is the perfect image for December to lift the spirits!
A must-have for any history lover and an ideal gift, your purchase helps us to conserve 130 of our historic sites across Wales.
• Price: £9.95 (£8.95 for Cadw members) with postage (UK only) starting at £2.95.
Visit bit.ly/Cadwcalendar2021 to buy online.
The December image: the fabulous painted ceiling at Gwydir Uchaf chapel.
