1. Interpret Wales Maps for Interpretation Frank Olding Heritage Officer Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

2. Maps and Plans Reading maps and plans is not instinctive; Maps and plans have a language of their own; Reading maps and plans is a skill...... that’s why they teach GEOGRAPHY in school!!! For example...

5. Which tells us more...... the map or the photo?

6. Archaeologists LOVE drawing plans...

7. Total Station

8. Hachured plan – analyses the earthworks

12. Horses for courses – maps are a good source of evidence.

13. Marquis of Abergavenny Estate Survey 1819

15. Sale Particulars 1872

17. R. M. A. Regressive Map Analysis Looking at old maps! A very useful tool for gathering and presenting evidence Not so useful for interpreting to the paying public!!!

18. Beaufort Ironworks – 1 st Ed OS, 1880

19. GIS systems

21. Nantyglo Roundhouses How much information does this convey to the visitor?

25. Cadw’s “buff” guides... award-winning guidebooks... for a very good reason!

27. 1203 – wooden castle rebuilt in stone

28. 1230 – Hubert de Burgh’s new curtain wall and towers

29. 1350 – the Earl of Lancaster’s fortress-cum-palace

31. Even more important for industrial sites...

32. An industrial archaeologist’s idea of an “interpretative plan”!!

37. Aerial photos are great for landscapes. Garnddyrys Forge

44. Happy Ramblers!!!