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Welcome to the Caerau and Ely Rediscovering (CAER) Heritage Project Bluesky. Find out more about the archaeology of Caerau and Ely and upcoming events.

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

If you want to find out more about CAER's approach to university/community partnerships then check out this week's podcast episode on co-creating trust and long term, sustainable relationships between universities and communities HERE! 🧡 on.soundcloud.com/OmMaF7QROW0g...

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CAER Heritage Podcast EP4 - Co-Creating Trust

Co-Creating Trust: University 'civic mission' and community partnership working In episode 4 of the podcast Dr Dave Wyatt explores the more strategic aspects to civic mission and how the higher educ

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Then we took a tour of the mighty Caerau Hillfort, experiencing the original Cardiff with its origins deep in prehistory! 🛖

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

They also got to speak with the truly inspirational CAER scholars from the community about the importance of well-supported, accessible routes into higher education in unlocking the incredible talent in our community! ✊

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Wendy and Laura met the incredible Love our Hillfort volunteers, got hands on finds cleaning from this year's community dig, discovered pieces of Bronze Age and Roman pottery 🏺 Plus a cool little find related to the sporting heritage of Trelai Park, a mid 20th century nailed football boot stud! ⚽️

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

It was also the day that Episode 4 of our CAER podcast series was released by National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement - NCCPE 🧡

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We had the perfect day for Cardiff University Vice Chancellor Wendy Larner and Chancellor Laura Trevelyan to visit our CAER Centre yesterday, and not just because of the glorious autumn weather! ☀️

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Very excited to say that we’ll be digging again in Trelai Park for 4 weeks (9th June to 4th July) at the amazing Bronze Age settlement and need your help!🪏🛖 To volunteer, please email CAERHeritage@aceplace.org . Booking is essential & places are limited! The CAER Team 🧡

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Dave @sharewyatt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🏺 FREE session on Prehistoric Pottery - learn @ why ceramics are such important finds for archaeologists & explore how prehistoric pottery was made! 26/3/25 1-4pm, @caerheritage.bsky.social Centre #TheHumanitiesMatter @drtobydriver.bsky.social @learncardiff.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

What a great Half Term! ☀️ Family fun at Paint, Plant, Play day 🎨 Fascinating finds from Love Our Hillfort 🏺 Getting into the swing of spring with the Gardening Group 🌱 Topped off by a sunny St David’s Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ready for another exciting week of events, starting tomorrow for Careers Week 2025! ✏️

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CAER Heritage @caerheritage.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

What a great Love Our Hillfort session yesterday, welcomed new members and worked alongside Cardiff Uni Archaeology students doing a litter pick and cleaning finds from our 2024 excavation! 🧡 During the cleaning we discovered pieces of Bronze Age pot with decoration!!!🏺 @sharewyatt.bsky.social

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