Make a date with Cadw’s new 2011 calendar

6 Sep 2010 09:09 AM

Featuring some of the best-known historic sites in Wales, the calendar - priced at £8.95 and available to buy from most Cadw sites - includes St Davids Bishop’s Palace, which recently won a European conservation award, as its cover star.

Also featured are Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, the finest late medieval fortress-palace in the British Isles; the serene ruins of Cymer Abbey standing beside the River Mawddach; the massive stones of St Lythans Burial Chamber in the Vale of Glamorgan, World Heritage site Beaumaris Castle, native Welsh Castle, Dryslwyn Castle and the splendidly complete Kidwelly Castle both in Carmarthenshire; fascinating Neath Abbey; Tretower Court which has recently had a medieval makeover; Valle Crucis Abbey and Rhuddlan Castle in Denbighshire and finally the substantial remains of the Norman-built Ogmore Castle in south Wales.

Diane Williams, Head of Cadw Publications, said:

“We commissioned some stunning new photography this year and are very pleased with the finished calendar.  As well as featuring some of Wales’s most visited sites such as Beaumaris and Kidwelly Castles, we’ve also photographed some of the ‘hidden jewels’ in our care such as the serene ruins of Cymer Abbey and the fascinating St Lythans Burial Chamber near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.  The calendar is a perfect pictorial accompaniment for any busy household or office wall."

To order the calendar direct from Cadw, please contact the sales department on 01443 336092 from 10am-3pm.Summer’s nearly over and autumn is well on the way, but the Welsh Assembly Government’s historic environment service, Cadw, is already looking ahead to next year with the launch of its 2011 calendar, bursting with stunning images of castles and abbeys.

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