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Hidden Histories: nuclear reactors, the Harold Stone and searching for shipwrecks

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales History ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales History | 14:56 UK time, Thursday, 10 February 2011

One of the roles of the is to survey major industrial sites that are closing down. This way, the Commission can ensure that there are permanent records of ways of life in Wales that are changing forever.

In Hidden Histories tonight (Thursday 10 February, 7.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Wales), commission secretary Peter Wakelin, photographer Iain Wright and presenter Eddie Butler take a look at in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park.

You can watch a preview clip from tonight's episode here.

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The second destination for tonight's programme is Skomer Island, which has one of the finest archaeological landscapes in Britain.

Skomer Island Harold Stone

The Harold Stone on Skomer Island ()

Royal Commission investigators Toby Driver and Louise Barker examine how the relative isolation of the island from the mainland has preserved the remains of prehistoric settlements.

One reminder of prehistoric ritual and burial on the island is the Harold Stone, a 1.7 metre high standing stone. It is thought that the stone is a a Bronze Age monument, marking a burial (in a cremation urn) or an area of now buried ritual and funerary activity.

Barry Docks

Barry Docks 1929 ()

Staying shoreside, Eddie Butler and maritime officer Deanna Groom search for the wreck of a Bristol Channel pilot cutter.

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales have created in-depth guides to each subject featured in tonight's programme. on their website and view images relating to Hidden Histories on their

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Hidden Histories, Thursday 3 February, at 7.30pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Wales.

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