A churchyard trail has been completed at St Cadoc's Church as part of Raglanpedia.

Project leader Dr Cheryl Morgan and the 'History Detectives' from Raglan Primary School launched the interactive trail last Friday (27th September).

Plaques can now be found on a number of graves around the churchyard featuring QR codes that link directly to articles on the Raglanpedia website.

A large map and leaflets also help to tell the stories of those buried in the churchyard.

Much of the work was carried out by the History Detectives, children from Raglan VC Primary School who had found lost graves and investigated their stories.

The children have also cleaned many of the gravestones and tidied the grave plots.

Last Friday they took the chance to show their fellow pupils around the churchyard and share some of the stories.

Dr Morgan said the History Detectives were fantastic and becoming more and more interested in their village's history as the project went on.

She also paid tribute to others involved in the project including Rev Joan Wakeling and Anna Tribe, president of the Raglan and District Local History Group.

"I love graveyards and so this was so interesting for me. I am orginally from Seattle so I know what it is like to be thousands of miles away from my ancestors and this is just an easy way for people in any country to see who lies in our church yard," said Dr Morgan.

"Some of the children have found family and people they know in the graves as part of this project."

The history detectives' teacher, Jeremy Piper, said: "This is a fabulous project, the children have really enjoyed it. I think they thought they were going to be like Indiana Jones and in the process found a lot out about the history of their village."

The £20,000 project has been funded by the Village Alive Trust, Heritage Lottery Fund and Raglan Community Council.

The churchyard trail is but a part of a larger Raglan Roots project.

The leaflets tell of the history and illustrate some of the kinds of tombs and gravestones in the churchyard.

Platform One, a Monmouth-based design company, designed the new map and leaflets.

A new website called raglanpedial.org.uk is at the core of the Raglan Roots project and includes stories of people, places and celebrations in and around the village.

The website and QR codes were created by Raglan-based IT specialist Ian Millington and the placques were cast by Swan Ceramics of Monmouth. Installation has been undertaken by Chillipepper Signs.

A smaller adjunct project has also been created involving Llandenny village.