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Spring Update 2016. Results of CAER Heritage Questionnaire... [read more]
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20th March 2016 |
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Late Autumn Update 2015. The urgent repairs to the tower buttress and the gaping hole in the tower itself have been completed, as well as repairs and levelling of the walls... [read more]
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13th December 2015 |
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Summer Update 2015. Dear Supporter, firstly, apologies to anyone who turned up for the Easter Celebration, Big Picnic Event 28th March... [read more]
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14th June 2015 |
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Taskforce Open Day 2015. This year we decided not to have our usual annual Inspection on St. David's Day.... [read more]
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15th March 2015 |
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Christmas Message 2014. Happy Christmas, Nadolig Llawen. [See more]
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16th December 2014 |
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Autumn Update 2014. Although the much-needed repairs to the church tower and walls remain outstanding, the hedges around St. Mary's have been cut to around 4', as requested by the Friends... [read more]
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15th November 2014 |
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Late Summer Update 2014. Fortunately, things have improved since our last posting and the Friends are now hopeful that the urgent repair to the tower buttress will be going ahead once the purchase of materials has been approved by the council... [read more]
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1st August 2014 |
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Summer Update 2014. Over the Easter holiday period very serious damage was inflicted on the remaining structure of St. Mary's church by person/persons as yet unknown. Police are continuing with their investigations... [read more]
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14th June 2014 |
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Annual Inspection 2014. About 50 people attended the Friends 20th annual Inspection on 1st March St. David's Day. Our crowd was swelled by heritage trail walkers from near-by parishes who were most welcome... [read more]
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13th March 2014 |
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Christmas Message 2013. We have learnt that St. Mary's church and grave yard are unfortunately to be temporarily closed to the public due to health and safety concerns... [read more]
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15th December 2013 |
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Summer Update 2013. Dear Friends and Supporters - the "Taskforce" (TF), set up last November by Dave Horton of ACE (Action Ely and Caerau) to take care of St. Mary's and its environs, has been a great success... [read more]
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16th August 2013 |
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Inspection 2013. Bore Da, and a great day it was! The weather was good also. About 25-30 supporters and friends came to exchange news and hear about the year’s events and future plans... [read more]
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10th March 2012 |
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CAER at the Senedd. On the 16th January there was an excellent presentation at the Senedd about Caerau And Ely Rediscovering (CAER) Heritage Project, introduced by Dr. David Wyatt from the Archaeology Department of Cardiff University. [read more]
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19th January 2013 |
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Christmas Message 2012. Dear Friends and Supporters, those of you who have been following our reports will know that we have had another eventful year. ... [read more]
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17th December 2012 |
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Autumn Update 2012. The autumn colours on Caerau Hill are truly lovely, as are the panoramic views of the Taff Gap, Castell Coch, the Garth Mountain, and over Ely and Caerau and all the way to central Cardiff... [read more]
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October 2012 |
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Time Team Visit and Summer Update 2012. Dear Friends and Supporters, it has been an amazing couple of months! The creation of the Caerau And Ely Re-discovering (CAER) Heritage Project led by Dr. Oliver Davis, Olly, has been hugely successful, involving children and young people from local schools in surveying the Caerau Hill Fort... [read more]
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2nd June 2012 |
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Annual Inspection 2012. This was the Friends 17th year of inspections at St. Mary’s since we began in 1995. Back then it was just Delia and Rosemary walking up the hill, each St. David’s Day to inspect the condition of the deteriorating ruin, ... [read more]
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March 2012 |
