Pillboxes became a landscape feature across the United Kingdom during the 1940s. Calum Sweeney reports on the state of those remaining on the Gwent Levels.

Chris Harris

May 19, 2021

Places to visit

Newport Museum and Art Gallery

Chris Harris

May 19, 2021

Places to visit

Explore the fascinating prehistory of the Gwent Levels at a stunning new exhibition at Newport Museum and Art Gallery.

Chris Harris

May 10, 2021

Landscape, Places to visit

Newport Wetlands NNR

Chris Harris

May 10, 2021

Landscape, Places to visit

Sitting on the edge of the Gwent Levels, between the wide expanse of the Severn Estuary and the mouth of the River Usk, lies the Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve.

Chris Harris

March 12, 2021

Wildlife

The Booming Bittern

Chris Harris

March 12, 2021

Wildlife

After an absence of more than 200 years, visitors to the Levels can once again hear the booming call of the bittern.

Chris Harris

March 12, 2021

Landscape

Reens, ditches and grips

Chris Harris

March 12, 2021

Landscape

The control of water on the Levels relies on a complex drainage system that extends for over 1500km, parts of which are around 2000 years old.

Chris Harris

March 12, 2021

Landscape, Places to visit

Peterstone Gout

Chris Harris

March 12, 2021

Landscape, Places to visit

Half a mile east of the former church of St Peter in Peterstone Wentlooge, Peterstone Gout, or Great Gout, is an important and interesting landmark on the Wentlooge Level.

Chris Harris

October 6, 2020

Landscape

Beyond the sea wall

Chris Harris

October 6, 2020

Landscape

Beyond the sea wall is a watery wilderness of salt marshes, mud flats, sandbanks and the vast silt-laden waters of the Severn Estuary.

Chris Harris

September 22, 2020

Landscape, Places to visit

St Thomas The Apostle's, Redwick

Chris Harris

September 22, 2020

Landscape, Places to visit

Over its long history, the parish church of Redwick has been dedicated to several different saints; before 1875 it was St. Mary the Virgin and before that St. Michael the Archangel.

Chris Harris

September 22, 2020

Landscape, Places to visit

St Mary's, Nash

Chris Harris

September 22, 2020

Landscape, Places to visit

The history of St Mary’s church, Nash, known locally as “the Cathedral of the Moors”, is closely linked to the nearby medieval Benedictine Priory at Goldcliff.

Chris Harris

September 22, 2020

Landscape

St Mary's, Goldcliff

Chris Harris

September 22, 2020

Landscape

The tiny parish church of St Mary Magdalene’s was built in the early 15th century after the church at Goldcliff Priory, which also served the parish, was badly damaged by a storm in 1424.

Chris Harris

April 28, 2020

History, Archaeology

The Barland’s Farm Boat

Chris Harris

April 28, 2020

History, Archaeology

In 1993, archaeologists working on the development of a supermarket storage depot on the site of Barland’s Farm, near Magor, made an extraordinary discovery.