World Heritage 10 years on

The first of a two part series looking at the World heritage status on the Orkney Isles and that of Blaenavon.

Last updated: 01 November 2009

Country Focus - Sunday 1st November at 07.30am presented by Melanie Doel.

World heritage status is only granted to unique reminders of our past, like the pyramids in Egypt or the Great Wall of China. Ten years ago the Orkney Isles to achieve such status closely followed by a very different site, one based on it's colourful iindustrial past - Blaenavon also become world famous. Mel Doel visits both sites but this week it's the turn of Orkney as we take a look back in time to 300BC for a unique insight into the day-to-day lives of people five thousand years ago.


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