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Ysgol Undydd y Gwanwyn IFA Cymru
Adeiladau: rhai dulliau cofnodi, dadansoddi, diogelu, ailddefnyddio a chyflwyno Sefydliad Owain Glyndŵr, Machynlleth, NPRN: 32041 Ar Ddydd Gwener, 18 Mai, 2012, bydd Susan Fielding, ymchwilydd adeiladau’r Comisiwn Brenhinol, yn rhoi sgwrs yn Ysgol Undydd y Gwanwyn IFA Cymru a gynhelir yn Sefydliad Owain Glyndŵr, Machynlleth.
Bydd y diwrnod yn dechrau am 10.15am ac yn gorffen am 4.15pm ac am 2.15pm bydd Susan yn rhoi sgwrs ar “Ymagwedd CBHC at Arolygu Adeiladau”. Rhai o’r siaradwyr eraill ar y diwrnod fydd Rod Bale (Y Drindod Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan): “Dyddio drwy flwyddgylchau ac adeiladau hanesyddol yng Nghymru”; Margaret Dunn (Cyfarwyddwr Prosiect Dendrocronoleg Gogledd-Orllewin Cymru): “Hynt a helynt gweithio gyda gwirfoddolwyr”; a Liz Green (Yr Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol): “Defnyddio data cofnodi adeiladau manwl wrth ddiogelu adeiladau hanesyddol”.
I gael rhagor o wybodaeth ac i drefnu’ch lle, cysylltwch â John Lathan, jernstlatham@qmail.com, 07774 877834 neu Ian Brooks eas@tdlmail.co.uk
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Wales IFA Spring Day-School
Buildings: some approaches to recording, analysis, preservation, re-use and presentation Owain Glyndwr Institute, Machynlleth, NPRN: 32041
On Friday, 18 May, 2012, Royal Commission buildings investigator, Susan Fielding, will be giving a talk at the Wales IFA Spring Day-school at the Owain Glyndŵr Institute, Machynlleth.
The day will run from 10.15am to 4.15pm and at 2.15pm, Susan will be giving a talk on “The RCAHMW approach to Building Survey”. Other speakers for the day include Rod Bale (Trinity St David’s, Lampeter): “Tree-ring dating and historic buildings in Wales”; Margaret Dunn (Director of the North-West Wales Dendrochronology Project): “Some Highs & Lows in involving volunteers”; and, Liz Green (The National Trust): “The use of detailed building recording data in the conservation of historic buildings”.
For further information and bookings please contact John Lathan, jernstlatham@qmail.com , 07774 877834 or Ian Brooks, eas@tdlmail.co.uk
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On Friday, 18 May, 2012, Royal Commission buildings investigator, Susan Fielding, will be giving a talk at the Wales IFA Spring Day-school at the Owain Glyndŵr Institute, Machynlleth.
The day will run from 10.15am to 4.15pm and at 2.15pm, Susan will be giving a talk on “The RCAHMW approach to Building Survey”. Other speakers for the day include Rod Bale (Trinity St David’s, Lampeter): “Tree-ring dating and historic buildings in Wales”; Margaret Dunn (Director of the North-West Wales Dendrochronology Project): “Some Highs & Lows in involving volunteers”; and, Liz Green (The National Trust): “The use of detailed building recording data in the conservation of historic buildings”.
For further information and bookings please contact John Lathan, jernstlatham@qmail.com , 07774 877834 or Ian Brooks, eas@tdlmail.co.uk
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Gwneud Arolwg o Gaerau Cynhanesyddol yn Solfach, Sir Benfro
Golwg o’r Awyr o Gaer Bentir Gribin, NPRN: 94269, AP_2006_3342Yr wythnos ddiwethaf, bu Louise Barker, un o ymchwilwyr y Comisiwn Brenhinol, a Sophie Gingell, sydd ar Leoliad Hyfforddi fel Archaeolegydd Cymunedol dan nawdd Cyngor Archaeoleg Prydain, yn gwneud arolwg archaeolegol o ddwy gaer gynhanesyddol yn Solfach, ger Tyddewi yn sir Benfro. Mae’r ddwy gaer, sy’n dyddio o’r Oes Haearn mae’n debyg, wedi’u lleoli ar gefnen greigiog gul o’r enw Gribin sy’n edrych dros harbwr Solfach. Mewn gwirionedd, mae yna dair caer gynhanesyddol ar y gefnen hon, i gyd o fewn 900m i’w gilydd (SM82SW). Cafodd yr arolygon archaeolegol eu cynnal ar ôl derbyn cais gan Peter Crane, archaeolegydd Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro. Y safle cyntaf a arolygwyd oedd y gaer bentir ym mhen y gefnen, safle adnabyddus y cliriwyd y llystyfiant ohono’n ddiweddar. Ar y llaw arall, nid yw’r ail gaer a arolygwyd, sy’n 500m i’r Gogledd-Ddwyrain, erioed wedi cael ei chofnodi na’i dogfennu yng Nghofnod yr Amgylchedd Hanesyddol, felly mae hwn yn ddarganfyddiad newydd a chyffrous. Mae’r llystyfiant wedi’i glirio bellach, ac mae nodweddion y gaer gefnen hon i’w gweld yn glir. Yn eu plith ceir rhagfur gogleddol a llwyfannau cytiau niferus sy’n agos iawn at ei gilydd.
Golwg o’r Awyr o Gaer Bentir Gribin, NPRN: 410450, AP_2006_3342
Mae’r ddau safle wedi’u lleoli ar dir yr Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol ac mae cerddwyr sy’n dymuno darganfod yr ardal yn gallu eu cyrraedd yn hawdd. Bydd canlyniadau’r arolygon hyn ar gael drwy Coflein cyn bo hir, a bydd yr arolwg o’r gaer sydd newydd ei chofnodi yn cael ei anfon i’r Arolwg Ordnans hefyd fel y gall gynnwys y safle ar ei fapiau. Hoffem ddiolch i’r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol am roi caniatâd i wneud y gwaith.
Defnyddio cyfarpar System Lleoli Byd-Eang (GPS) i wneud arolwg
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Manylion y safle ar Coflein:
Caer bentir Gribin
Caer gefnen Gribin
Lloc amddiffynnol Gribin
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Golwg o’r Awyr o Gaer Bentir Gribin, NPRN: 410450, AP_2006_3342
Mae’r ddau safle wedi’u lleoli ar dir yr Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol ac mae cerddwyr sy’n dymuno darganfod yr ardal yn gallu eu cyrraedd yn hawdd. Bydd canlyniadau’r arolygon hyn ar gael drwy Coflein cyn bo hir, a bydd yr arolwg o’r gaer sydd newydd ei chofnodi yn cael ei anfon i’r Arolwg Ordnans hefyd fel y gall gynnwys y safle ar ei fapiau. Hoffem ddiolch i’r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol am roi caniatâd i wneud y gwaith.
Defnyddio cyfarpar System Lleoli Byd-Eang (GPS) i wneud arolwg
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Manylion y safle ar Coflein:
Caer bentir Gribin
Caer gefnen Gribin
Lloc amddiffynnol Gribin
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Prehistoric Forts Surveyed in Solva, Pembrokeshire
Aerial View of Gribin Promontory, NPRN: 94269, AP_2006_3342Last week, Royal Commission investigator, Louise Barker, and CBA Community Archaeologist Training Placement holder, Sophie Gingell, conducted an archaeological survey of two prehistoric forts at Solva, near St. Davids in Pembrokeshire. The two forts, most likely Iron Age in date, are situated on a narrow rocky ridge overlooking Solva harbour, known as the Gribin. There are, in fact, three prehistoric forts on this ridge all within a space of 900m (SM82SW). The archaeological surveys were carried out following a request from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park archaeologist, Peter Crane. The first site surveyed was the promontory fort on the end of the ridge; a well-known site that has recently been cleared of vegetation. In comparison, the second fort surveyed 500m to the North-East has never been recorded or documented within the Historic Environment Record, thus making it a new and exciting discovery. Having now been cleared of vegetation, the features of this ridge fort are clear to see and include a northern rampart and numerous closely spaced hut platforms.
Aerial View of Gribin Ridge Fort, NPRN: 410450,AP_2010_0114 Both sites are located on National Trust land and are easily accessible to walkers wishing to explore the area. The results of these surveys will soon be made available through Coflein, and the survey of the newly recorded fort will also be sent to the Ordnance Survey for inclusion on Ordnance Survey mapping. With thanks to the National Trust for permission to carry out our work.
Surveying with GPS equipment
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Gribin promontory fort
Gribin ridge fort
Gribin defended enclosure
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Aerial View of Gribin Ridge Fort, NPRN: 410450,AP_2010_0114 Both sites are located on National Trust land and are easily accessible to walkers wishing to explore the area. The results of these surveys will soon be made available through Coflein, and the survey of the newly recorded fort will also be sent to the Ordnance Survey for inclusion on Ordnance Survey mapping. With thanks to the National Trust for permission to carry out our work.
Surveying with GPS equipment
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Coflein site details:
Gribin promontory fort
Gribin ridge fort
Gribin defended enclosure
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Cyfeillion Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru
Croeso i’r llu o aelodau newydd sydd wedi ymuno â rhwydwaith y Cyfeillion. Gobeithiaf y bydd y Newyddlen hon yn rhoi blas i chi o’r hyn yr ydym yn ei wneud a sut y gallwn eich helpu i ddatblygu eich gwybodaeth o amgylchedd hanesyddol Cymru, pa un a oes gennych chi ddiddordeb proffesiynol neu amatur. Fel un o’n Noddwyr, dywed Huw Edwards, “Yn bendant iawn, dyfodol Cymru, yn ogystal â’i gorffennol, yw maes y Comisiwn Brenhinol”
Mae treftadaeth Cymru yn faes a all beri penbleth i’r lleygwr. Nid yw’n glir bob amser pwy sy’n gwneud beth a phwy y dylid cysylltu â hwy – Cadw, yr Ymddiriedolaethau Archaeolegol, y Comisiwn Brenhinol neu’r cymdeithasau amwynderau. Wel, yn syml, y Comisiwn Brenhinol yw’r archif cenedlaethol ar gyfer yr amgylchedd hanesyddol yng Nghymru. Ceir yn y casgliad dwy filiwn o ffotograffau a 125,000 o luniadau, sy’n ei wneud yn archif gweledol mwyaf Cymru, yn ogystal â miliynau o dudalennau o destun.
Ond nid archif yn unig mohono. Mae cysylltiad agos rhwng ein gwaith archifol a’n gweithgareddau ymchwilio ac estyn allan parhaus. Mae ein hymchwiliadau thematig yn datblygu gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth o hanes Cymru. Mae ein defnyddwyr yn gallu manteisio’n gyflymach fyth ar ganlyniadau’r gwaith hwn, ynghyd â chynnwys yr archif, drwy ein cyhoeddiadau traddodiadol uchel eu safon sydd wedi ennill cymaint o barch a chlod yn rhyngwladol, ac ar-lein drwy Coflein, Casgliad y Werin Cymru, a gwefannau eraill. Mae’r Comisiwn yn arweinydd ym maes datblygiadau digidol arloesol yn y sector treftadaeth Gymreig a thu hwnt, ac unwaith eto cafodd pob lle yng nghynhadledd Gorffennol Digidol 2012 ei gymryd. Ar lefel fwy lleol, mae ein harchaeolegwyr cymunedol (wedi’u hariannu gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri a rhaglen Interreg yr UE) yn gweithio gyda chymunedau ac unigolion mewn ardaloedd mor amrywiol ag Amlwch, gogledd Ceredigion, Blaenau Gwent, a Chaerdydd.
Does dim rhyfedd, felly, i mi gael fy mhlesio’n fawr, ond nid fy synnu, pan ddaeth Adolygiad Llywodraethu Llywodraeth Cymru i’r casgliad dwy flynedd yn ôl fod y Comisiwn Brenhinol yn “sefydliad uchel ei barch, sy’n cynnwys staff tra chymwys a chanddynt brofiad ac ymroddiad ac arbenigwyr cydnabyddedig yn Gomisiynwyr”, gan nodi “a thrwy gydol yr adolygiad yr oedd maint y gwaith a wnâi’r sefydliad ar y gyllideb hon yn syndod”.
Fel ein defnyddwyr tymor-hir presennol, gobeithiaf y bydd ein Cyfeillion newydd yn dod i’r un casgliad. Rhowch wybod i’ch ffrindiau a’ch cydnabod am fanteision ymuno â’r rhwydwaith hwn, a helpwch ni i’ch helpu chi i ddarganfod rhagor am eich gorffennol eich hun.
Eurwyn Wiliam
Cadeirydd
- Newyddlen y Cyfeillion (ffeil PDF, 1.6MB)
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Friends of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Welcome to the many new members of the Friends’ network. I hope that this Newsletter will give you a flavour of what we are about and how we can help you develop your knowledge of the historic environment of Wales, whether you think of yourself as a professional or an interested amateur. As one of our Patrons, Huw Edwards, notes, “The Royal Commission is emphatically about the future of Wales, as well as its past”.
In the Welsh heritage landscape, it is sometimes unclear to the lay person who does what and who they should approach amongst Cadw, the Archaeological Trusts, the Royal Commission, and the amenity societies. Well, simply put, the Royal Commission is the national archive for the historic environment in Wales. With two million photographs, 125,000 drawings, and millions of pages of documents, it is also the largest visual archive in Wales.
But it is not just an archive. Our archive work is closely linked to continuing investigation and outreach activity. Our thematic investigation projects develop knowledge and understanding of Wales’s history. The results of this work plus the contents of the archive are being made available increasingly quickly to users both through our traditional high-quality publications, for which the Commission is so well-known and respected internationally, and online through our own Coflein, the People’s Collection Wales, and other websites. The Commission is a leader in digital innovation in the Welsh heritage sector and beyond, and once again the annual Digital Past conference in 2012 was a sell-out. On a more local level, our community archaeologists (funded by HLF and the EU’s Interreg programme) are working with communities and individuals in areas as diverse as Amlwch, north Ceredigion, Blaenau Gwent and Cardiff.
Little wonder, then, that I was delighted, but not in the least surprised, when the Welsh Government’s Governance Review a couple of years ago concluded that “The Royal Commission is a highly respected organisation, made up of well-qualified, experienced and committed staff and acknowledged Commissioners... we were continually impressed by the amount the organisation does on [its] budget”.
Like our existing long-term users, I hope that new Friends will also come rapidly to this conclusion. Do tell your friends and acquaintances about the benefits of joining this network, and help us to help you find out more about your own past.
Eurwyn Wiliam
Chairman
- Friends’ Newsletter (PDF file, 1.6MB)
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Swydd Wag - Swyddog Ymgysylltu â’r Cyhoedd (Dysgu)
Dyddiad Cau: 14 Mai 2012
Cyflog: £20,100 y flwyddyn.
Lleoliad: Aberystwyth
Hyd y cytundeb: 10 mis
Cysylltwch ag: Angharad Williams
Disgrifiad o'r Swydd:
Y Tîm Ymgysylltu â’r Cyhoedd sy’n gyfrifol am hyrwyddo daliadau ac adnoddau’r Comisiwn Brenhinol a sicrhau bod y Comisiwn yn darparu cyhoeddiadau a gwybodaeth hygyrch ac awdurdodol mewn cyfryngau priodol sy’n hybu dealltwriaeth o amgylchedd hanesyddol Cymru.
Gwefan sy’n adrodd hanes Cymru a’i phobl yw Casgliad y Werin Cymru. Mae’n brofiad ar-lein dynamig a dwyieithog sy’n gyforiog o luniau, recordiadau sain, dogfennau, fideos a straeon eithriadol o ddiddorol am hanes a threftadaeth Cymru a’i phobl. Noddir y prosiect gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
Bydd deiliad y swydd yn chwarae rôl allweddol wrth ddatblygu llinyn dysgu prosiect Casgliad y Werin Cymru a sicrhau bod y Comisiwn yn cyflawni ei amcanion strategol ymarferol drwy gynorthwyo swyddogaeth estyn-allan y Comisiwn, gan gynnwys dysgu yn y swyddfa ac mewn digwyddiadau allanol. Bydd deiliad y swydd yn cyflawni amryw o weithgareddau a mentrau y cynllunnir iddynt ymgysylltu â’r gymuned dysgu, yn cynyddu ymwybyddiaeth o ddaliadau ac adnoddau’r Comisiwn ac yn trefnu iddynt fod ar gael ac yn hygyrch.
Bydd deiliad y swydd hefyd yn gyfrifol am fonitro’r cynnydd o ran gweithredu Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg y Comisiwn.
I gael holl fanylion y swydd hon, ewch i: Swyddi sy'n Wag ar hyn o bryd
Y dyddiad cau i geisiadau: 14/05/2012.
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Cyflog: £20,100 y flwyddyn.
Lleoliad: Aberystwyth
Hyd y cytundeb: 10 mis
Cysylltwch ag: Angharad Williams
Disgrifiad o'r Swydd:
Y Tîm Ymgysylltu â’r Cyhoedd sy’n gyfrifol am hyrwyddo daliadau ac adnoddau’r Comisiwn Brenhinol a sicrhau bod y Comisiwn yn darparu cyhoeddiadau a gwybodaeth hygyrch ac awdurdodol mewn cyfryngau priodol sy’n hybu dealltwriaeth o amgylchedd hanesyddol Cymru.
Gwefan sy’n adrodd hanes Cymru a’i phobl yw Casgliad y Werin Cymru. Mae’n brofiad ar-lein dynamig a dwyieithog sy’n gyforiog o luniau, recordiadau sain, dogfennau, fideos a straeon eithriadol o ddiddorol am hanes a threftadaeth Cymru a’i phobl. Noddir y prosiect gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
Bydd deiliad y swydd yn chwarae rôl allweddol wrth ddatblygu llinyn dysgu prosiect Casgliad y Werin Cymru a sicrhau bod y Comisiwn yn cyflawni ei amcanion strategol ymarferol drwy gynorthwyo swyddogaeth estyn-allan y Comisiwn, gan gynnwys dysgu yn y swyddfa ac mewn digwyddiadau allanol. Bydd deiliad y swydd yn cyflawni amryw o weithgareddau a mentrau y cynllunnir iddynt ymgysylltu â’r gymuned dysgu, yn cynyddu ymwybyddiaeth o ddaliadau ac adnoddau’r Comisiwn ac yn trefnu iddynt fod ar gael ac yn hygyrch.
Bydd deiliad y swydd hefyd yn gyfrifol am fonitro’r cynnydd o ran gweithredu Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg y Comisiwn.
I gael holl fanylion y swydd hon, ewch i: Swyddi sy'n Wag ar hyn o bryd
Y dyddiad cau i geisiadau: 14/05/2012.
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Job Vacancy - Public Engagement Officer (Learning)
Closing Date: 14 May 2012
Pay: £20,100 per annum.
Location: Aberystwyth
Contract: 10 month
Contact: Angharad Williams
Job Description:
The Public Engagement Team is responsible for promoting the Royal Commission’s holdings and resources and ensuring that the Commission provides accessible and authoritative publications and information in appropriate media that promotes understanding of the Welsh historic environment.
People’s Collection Wales is a website dedicated to the story of Wales and its people. It is a dynamic and bilingual online experience full of fascinating photographs, sound recordings, documents, video and stories about the history and heritage of Wales and its people. The project is sponsored by the Welsh Government.
The post holder will play a key role in developing the learning strand of the People’s Collection Wales project and ensuring the Commission meets its strategic deliverable objectives by supporting the Commission’s outreach function, which includes learning, both in the office and at outside events. The post holder will be carrying out a number of activities and initiatives designed to engage with the learning community and promote awareness of the Commission’s holdings and resources and make them available and accessible.
The post holder will also be responsible for monitoring the progress of the implementation of the Commission’s Welsh Language Scheme.
For complete details of this post, please visit: Current Vacancies
Application closing date for post: 14/05/2012.
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Pay: £20,100 per annum.
Location: Aberystwyth
Contract: 10 month
Contact: Angharad Williams
Job Description:
The Public Engagement Team is responsible for promoting the Royal Commission’s holdings and resources and ensuring that the Commission provides accessible and authoritative publications and information in appropriate media that promotes understanding of the Welsh historic environment.
People’s Collection Wales is a website dedicated to the story of Wales and its people. It is a dynamic and bilingual online experience full of fascinating photographs, sound recordings, documents, video and stories about the history and heritage of Wales and its people. The project is sponsored by the Welsh Government.
The post holder will play a key role in developing the learning strand of the People’s Collection Wales project and ensuring the Commission meets its strategic deliverable objectives by supporting the Commission’s outreach function, which includes learning, both in the office and at outside events. The post holder will be carrying out a number of activities and initiatives designed to engage with the learning community and promote awareness of the Commission’s holdings and resources and make them available and accessible.
The post holder will also be responsible for monitoring the progress of the implementation of the Commission’s Welsh Language Scheme.
For complete details of this post, please visit: Current Vacancies
Application closing date for post: 14/05/2012.
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Medieval Merchant's House Re-erected At St Fagans: National History Museum
Royal Commission aerial photograph of Haverfordwest, taken in 2000.
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‘Tower House’, Haverfordwest is a unique example of a secure sixteenth-century quayside storehouse. It has a stone-vaulted, fire-proof, ground-floor store-room with living accommodation above reached by an outside staircase. This building became derelict and was taken down stone by stone in 1983, and after much painstaking work has been re-erected at the National History Museum, St Fagans. Tonight (20 April 2012) a BBC documentary tells the story of its historic context and its re-erection at St Fagans: 'Brick-by-brick: rebuilding our past' (Series 1, episode 3) presented by Dan Cruickshank and Charlie Luxton.
Further Information: Coflein site details: Tower House, HaverfordwestWatch on iPlayer: Brick-by-brick: rebuilding our past, episode 3
Coflein - Discovering Our Past OnlineCoflein is the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales.
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DI2006_0944
‘Tower House’, Haverfordwest is a unique example of a secure sixteenth-century quayside storehouse. It has a stone-vaulted, fire-proof, ground-floor store-room with living accommodation above reached by an outside staircase. This building became derelict and was taken down stone by stone in 1983, and after much painstaking work has been re-erected at the National History Museum, St Fagans. Tonight (20 April 2012) a BBC documentary tells the story of its historic context and its re-erection at St Fagans: 'Brick-by-brick: rebuilding our past' (Series 1, episode 3) presented by Dan Cruickshank and Charlie Luxton.
Further Information: Coflein site details: Tower House, HaverfordwestWatch on iPlayer: Brick-by-brick: rebuilding our past, episode 3
Coflein - Discovering Our Past OnlineCoflein is the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales.
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Welsh History Month: Where is Wales' Most Important Place?
Royal Commission aerial photograph of Snowdon Summit Railway Terminus, Betws Garmon, 1996.
Below is a list of sites in Wales proposed by experts as the most important in Welsh history, can you suggest any others?
Walesonline are asking for your views on which is the most vital in the development of the Welsh nation - read the articles below, then make your selection in the following poll.
Alternatively, tweet your views using the hashtag #welshhistorymonth, post a message on the Royal Commission's Facebook page or leave a comment here on the Heritage of Wales News blog.
The soccer grounds of Wales - Professor Huw Bowen
Snowdon - Professor Chris Williams
Lodge Hill, near Caerleon - Dr Ray Howell
Llyn Fawr, in the Cynon Valley, and Llyn Cerrig Bach, on Anglesey - Professor Raimund Karl
Strata Florida - Professor David Austin
Aberlleiniog Castle, Anglesey - Dr David Wyatt
Ysbyty Ifan and the tomb of Rhys ap Maredudd, Conwy - Dr Madeleine Gray
Gower churches - Dr Helen Nicholson
Llangwm Uchaf, Monmouthshire - Dr Alun Withey
Llantrithyd House - Dr Lloyd Bowen
Middleton Hall (National Botanic Gardens) - Dr Lowri Rees
Pumlumon/The Elenydd - Dr Martin Wright
The lower Swansea Valley - Professor Huw Bowen
Merthyr - Professor Chris Evans
Washburn Cemetery, Scranton, Pennsylvania - Dr Bill Jones
Talerddig cutting, Powys - Professor Iwan Morus
Cardiff Castle - Dr Andrew Richardson
Penallta Colliery, near Ystrad Mynach - Dr Ben Curtis
The Street - Dr Paul O'Leary
Tredegar - Dr Steve Thompson
Mametz Wood - Dr Robin Barlow
Barry Island - Dr Andy Croll
The M4 - Dr Martin Johnes
The Welsh Assembly - Dr Andrew Edwards
Read More: Welsh History Month: Where is Wales' most important place?
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Below is a list of sites in Wales proposed by experts as the most important in Welsh history, can you suggest any others?
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The soccer grounds of Wales - Professor Huw Bowen
Snowdon - Professor Chris Williams
Lodge Hill, near Caerleon - Dr Ray Howell
Llyn Fawr, in the Cynon Valley, and Llyn Cerrig Bach, on Anglesey - Professor Raimund Karl
Strata Florida - Professor David Austin
Aberlleiniog Castle, Anglesey - Dr David Wyatt
Ysbyty Ifan and the tomb of Rhys ap Maredudd, Conwy - Dr Madeleine Gray
Gower churches - Dr Helen Nicholson
Llangwm Uchaf, Monmouthshire - Dr Alun Withey
Llantrithyd House - Dr Lloyd Bowen
Middleton Hall (National Botanic Gardens) - Dr Lowri Rees
Pumlumon/The Elenydd - Dr Martin Wright
The lower Swansea Valley - Professor Huw Bowen
Merthyr - Professor Chris Evans
Washburn Cemetery, Scranton, Pennsylvania - Dr Bill Jones
Talerddig cutting, Powys - Professor Iwan Morus
Cardiff Castle - Dr Andrew Richardson
Penallta Colliery, near Ystrad Mynach - Dr Ben Curtis
The Street - Dr Paul O'Leary
Tredegar - Dr Steve Thompson
Mametz Wood - Dr Robin Barlow
Barry Island - Dr Andy Croll
The M4 - Dr Martin Johnes
The Welsh Assembly - Dr Andrew Edwards
Read More: Welsh History Month: Where is Wales' most important place?
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Abermagwr Romano - British Villa Lecture
Excavations at Abermagwr, Ceredigion, 2011.
Dr Jeffrey L Davies and Dr Toby Driver will be delivering a lecture on the Abermagwr Romano-British villa at the Annual General Meeting of the Cymdeithas Hanes, Ceredigion Historical Society on Saturday 21st April, 2.30 pm. Council Chamber, National Library of Wales.
Further Reading:
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Dr Jeffrey L Davies and Dr Toby Driver will be delivering a lecture on the Abermagwr Romano-British villa at the Annual General Meeting of the Cymdeithas Hanes, Ceredigion Historical Society on Saturday 21st April, 2.30 pm. Council Chamber, National Library of Wales.
Further Reading:
- 300 Visitors Joined Royal Commission Staff At The Abermagwr ... On Saturday 16 July, over 300 visitors joined Royal Commission staff at the Open Day of Abermagwr Roman villa near Trawscoed. Throughout the day and in between torrential rain showers, they were led by Royal ...
- Archaeologists Return To Abermagwr Roman Villa For New ...
Abermagwr Roman villa excavations 2010: later stone robbing removed the upper stone walls of the villa, but the clay and stone packed foundations survive well. They can be seen in this view.
- 4th Century Roman Villa Discovered In Wales | Heritage of Wales ...
Trial excavations in July 2010 have shown that the Abermagwr villa had all the trappings of established villas in south Wales and southern England, including a slate roof and glazed windows. It was roofed with local slates, ...
- Investigating a probable Roman villa near Aberystwyth | Heritage of ...
In the summer of 2006 the Royal Commission overflew Abermagwr and saw cropmarks of a great double-ditched enclosure, with a stone building inside. A circular Iron Age farmstead was also discovered close by. Both sites ...
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Metelau, Mwyngloddiau a Mynyddoedd - Ystrad Meurig
11 a 12 Mai 2012
10:00 – 16:30
Canolfan Cymuned Ystrad Meurig
Dyma ysgol ddeuddydd gyffrous ar archeoleg ddiwydiannol sy’n cynnwys sgyrsiau gan arbenigwyr blaenllaw ynglŷn â’r gwaith diweddar yng Ngheredigion a thu hwnt. Y diwrnod canlynol bydd taith gerdded 6 milltir gydag arweinydd i ymweld â diwydiant ac archeoleg y dirwedd leol.
Ers dau ddegawd a rhagor bu Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru yn gwneud gwaith arolwg archeolegol ar draws mynyddoedd a rhostiroedd Cymru yn rhan o Fentr Archeoleg yr Ucheldiroedd. O’r herwydd, fe ymddangosodd ddarlun newydd o fywyd yn yr ardaloedd mynydd ac fe ddarganfuwyd treflannau gwag, ffermydd, safleoedd defodau a gwaith diwydiannol. Mae’r rhain yn rhoi golwg newydd ar fywydau ein cyndeidiau a fu yma’n llunio’r dirwedd hon dros filoedd o flynyddoedd.
Eleni, bydd Cysylltiadau Metel, prosiect newydd a ariannwyd gan Ewrop, hwythau’n dechrau edrych ymhellach ar dirwedd ddiwydiannol y tiroedd mynydd. Bydd y cynllun hwn yn canolbwyntio ar ddarganfod hanes ac adrodd stori'r diwydiannau mwyngloddio metel yng Nghymru a’r Iwerddon.
Yn yr ysgol deuddydd Metalau, Mwyngloddiau a Mynyddoedd, ceir sgyrsiau gan archeolegwyr blaenllaw ac arbenigwyr lleol o Gymru a’r tu hwnt ar yr ymchwil diweddar mewn archeoleg ddiwydiannol, gan gynnwys rhai astudiaethau lleol o Geredigion. Bydd y digwyddiad deuddydd hwn yn cynnwys cyfres o sgyrsiau ar y dydd Gwener ac yna taith o 6 milltir gydag arweinydd o amgylch tirwedd hanesyddol Trefeurig (SN 680 840), gan ymweld â mwyngloddiau a bryngeyrydd ar y dydd Sadwrn a gan gychwyn am 10:00.
Cost y digwyddiad hwn fydd £5 sy’n cynnwys cinio a lluniaeth ar y dydd Gwener. Cofiwch ddod â phecyn bwyd a dillad ac esgidiau addas os ydych chi’n dymuno mynd ar y daith gerdded ar y dydd Sadwrn.
Mae archebu lle yn angenrheidiol. Ceir manylion yn www.cbhc.gov.uk
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Metals, Mines and Mountains - Ystrad Meurig
11 and 12 May, 2012
10:00 – 16:30
Ystrad Meurig Community Centre
An exciting dayschool on upland and industrial archaeology, with talks from leading experts on recent work in Ceredigion and beyond, with a 6 mile guided walk on the following day to see industry and archaeology in the local landscape.
For more than two decades the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has carried out archaeological survey work across the mountains and moorlands of Wales as part of its Upland Archaeology Initiative. As a result a new picture of life in the uplands has emerged with the discovery of abandoned settlements, farms, ritual sites and industrial activity. These give us a fresh insight into the lives of our ancestors who have shaped this landscape over thousands of years.
This year Metal Links, a new, European-funded project, has also begun to look further into the industrial landscape of the uplands. The project will focus on discovering and telling the story of the metal mining industries of Wales and Ireland.
The Metals, Mines and Mountains dayschool will hear talks from eminent archaeologists and local specialists on current research in industrial archaeology from around Wales and beyond, including local case studies from Ceredigion. The two-day event will be made up of a series of talks on Friday and a 6-mile guided walk around the historic landscape of Trefeurig (SN 680 840), taking in mines and hillforts, on Saturday, starting at 10:00.
The event will cost £5 to cover lunch and refreshments on Friday. Please ensure that you bring a packed lunch if attending the walk on Saturday as well as suitable clothing and footwear.
Booking is essential; details can be found at www.rcahmw.gov.uk
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Plas Tirion: Old House Yields Up Its Secret
Dr Dan Miles sampling the smoke-blackened, cruck-framed cowshed at Plas Tirion, NPRN:- 27773There was excitement earlier in the year when a cowhouse in the lovely Conwy Valley was identified as an ancient Welsh hall. The discovery was first reported on the Heritage of Wales News and was then picked up by BBC and ITV news, and Current Archaeology is running a feature, ‘The Oldest Cowshed in the Land?’ The cruck-framed building is the medieval predecessor of the lovely Plas Tirion built in the 1620s and currently being restored by Ned and Sophie Scharer. The old house was built using roughly trimmed (‘boxed’) whole trees for the arched shaped roof-truss or ‘crucks’. This is an archaic building technique – and the big question is when was Plas Tirion old hall built?
We now know that old Plas Tirion was built exactly 514 years ago. The trees used for the arch-shaped cruck-truss started growing in 1418 and was felled in Spring 1498. These are the conclusions of Dr Dan Miles of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory, who was commissioned to tree-ring date the old house by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments after it was discovered by the community-based Dating Old Welsh Houses project. Plas Tirion is not the oldest house in Wales but it is one of very few precisely dated C15th houses. It is astonishing to realise that it was built by an unknown Welshman as Columbus was discovering the Americas. Plas Tirion was then and is still - as the name suggests - a very pleasant place.
The identification and dating of Plas Tirion old hall is one of the triumphs of the Dating Old Welsh Houses project, which is working in partnership with the Royal Commission to document the older houses in north-west Wales. The project is community based and has over 100 members and volunteers spread all over north Wales who are rediscovering the built heritage of Caernarfonshire, Merioneth, Anglesey and Conwy, and have made some very important discoveries indeed. Further information is available on www.datingoldwelshhouses.co.uk
Heritage of Wales Blog Post:Could A Cow Shed in Llanrwst be Wales' Oldest House? BBC News Story
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We now know that old Plas Tirion was built exactly 514 years ago. The trees used for the arch-shaped cruck-truss started growing in 1418 and was felled in Spring 1498. These are the conclusions of Dr Dan Miles of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory, who was commissioned to tree-ring date the old house by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments after it was discovered by the community-based Dating Old Welsh Houses project. Plas Tirion is not the oldest house in Wales but it is one of very few precisely dated C15th houses. It is astonishing to realise that it was built by an unknown Welshman as Columbus was discovering the Americas. Plas Tirion was then and is still - as the name suggests - a very pleasant place.
The identification and dating of Plas Tirion old hall is one of the triumphs of the Dating Old Welsh Houses project, which is working in partnership with the Royal Commission to document the older houses in north-west Wales. The project is community based and has over 100 members and volunteers spread all over north Wales who are rediscovering the built heritage of Caernarfonshire, Merioneth, Anglesey and Conwy, and have made some very important discoveries indeed. Further information is available on www.datingoldwelshhouses.co.uk
Heritage of Wales Blog Post:Could A Cow Shed in Llanrwst be Wales' Oldest House? BBC News Story
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The Source of the Usk Walk - Brecon Beacons National Park
Settlement remains in the cutting of the Usk, grey spreads of stone representing the foundations of former buildings.
NPRN 84465 DS2010_963_001
Overall distance: 16 kilometres or 10 miles
Altitudinal range: 320 metres (car park) - 615 metres (foot of Fan Foel)
Ground conditions: mostly firm and dry but with some poorly-drained areas, particularly to the east of the Usk and Tarw.
Map: OS OLM sheet (1:25000 scale) is recommended and it is this map which is referred to in this guide. Although there are many visible landscape features to help navigate the route, hand-held GPS is a useful aid in open moorland.
Footpaths: This route is only incidentally related to footpaths shown on the map.
Site References: Numbers in brackets refer to site record numbers (NPRN = National Primary Record Number). These references allow site details to be accessed through the Commission’s on-line database www.coflein.gov.uk
This walk takes in the upper reaches of the River Usk as far as its source (below the cliffs of Fan Brycheiniog and Bannau Sir Gaer), the far eastern side of Mynydd Du and the southern extent of Mynydd Myddfai. Sites of the prehistoric, Roman, medieval & later periods can be seen along this route.
On the A40 Llandovery-Brecon road, take the minor road west from Trecastell to Cross Inn and Llanddeusant. There is a parking and picnic area at Pont’ar Wysg, in forestry just off this road, on the left at SN82002715.
Download: The Source of the Usk Walk (PDF)
By David Leighton
Also See: The Fan Llia and Fan Dringarth Walk - Brecon Beacons, Aberdare, Powys
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NPRN 84465 DS2010_963_001
Overall distance: 16 kilometres or 10 miles
Altitudinal range: 320 metres (car park) - 615 metres (foot of Fan Foel)
Ground conditions: mostly firm and dry but with some poorly-drained areas, particularly to the east of the Usk and Tarw.
Map: OS OLM sheet (1:25000 scale) is recommended and it is this map which is referred to in this guide. Although there are many visible landscape features to help navigate the route, hand-held GPS is a useful aid in open moorland.
Footpaths: This route is only incidentally related to footpaths shown on the map.
Site References: Numbers in brackets refer to site record numbers (NPRN = National Primary Record Number). These references allow site details to be accessed through the Commission’s on-line database www.coflein.gov.uk
This walk takes in the upper reaches of the River Usk as far as its source (below the cliffs of Fan Brycheiniog and Bannau Sir Gaer), the far eastern side of Mynydd Du and the southern extent of Mynydd Myddfai. Sites of the prehistoric, Roman, medieval & later periods can be seen along this route.
On the A40 Llandovery-Brecon road, take the minor road west from Trecastell to Cross Inn and Llanddeusant. There is a parking and picnic area at Pont’ar Wysg, in forestry just off this road, on the left at SN82002715.
Download: The Source of the Usk Walk (PDF)
By David Leighton
Also See: The Fan Llia and Fan Dringarth Walk - Brecon Beacons, Aberdare, Powys
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Photographs of Derelict Mansions and Great Houses in Wales
The main building of Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd. Photographed during a recent survey by the Royal Commission. NPRN: 16874
Just published is a new book of photographs of derelict mansions and great houses in Wales by Paul White with responses by writers Professor Damian Walford Davies, in English, and Siân Melangell Dafydd, in Welsh. Ancestral Houses: the Lost Mansions of Wales / Tai Mawr a Mieri: Plastai Coll Cymru is beautifully produced by Gomer with seventy-four highly atmospheric black and white photographs capturing the ruins in dramatic light and advanced states of decay.
The book contains a list of houses featured, with an explanation about how to look up more information on the Royal Commission’s Coflein online database and archive catalogue. The Commission’s record was a key source for the project.
Many of the buildings are at risk, a few have now gone for ever and a very few, like Sker House, have been restored since the photographs were taken. In many cases, the Commission holds extensive records made in earlier times.
Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd, one of the houses mentioned in the book and recently surveyed by the Royal Commission.
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Just published is a new book of photographs of derelict mansions and great houses in Wales by Paul White with responses by writers Professor Damian Walford Davies, in English, and Siân Melangell Dafydd, in Welsh. Ancestral Houses: the Lost Mansions of Wales / Tai Mawr a Mieri: Plastai Coll Cymru is beautifully produced by Gomer with seventy-four highly atmospheric black and white photographs capturing the ruins in dramatic light and advanced states of decay.
The book contains a list of houses featured, with an explanation about how to look up more information on the Royal Commission’s Coflein online database and archive catalogue. The Commission’s record was a key source for the project.
Many of the buildings are at risk, a few have now gone for ever and a very few, like Sker House, have been restored since the photographs were taken. In many cases, the Commission holds extensive records made in earlier times.
Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd, one of the houses mentioned in the book and recently surveyed by the Royal Commission.
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Recording the Archaeological and Built Heritage of Wales
Recording Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd
The main building of Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd. NPRN: 16874Part of the remit of the Royal Commission is to record the archaeological and built heritage of Wales. During the work of the Atlanterra Project, Royal Commission Investigators Louise Barker and Spencer Smith were alerted to the deteriorating condition of Talysarn Hall (NPRN: 16874) in Talysarn, Gwynedd.
Talysarn Hall, Gardens (NPRN: 86485) and associated outbuildings (NPRN: 31440) had already been recorded on Coflein but the continued deterioration of the main building meant that a photographic survey was required in order to record any architectural details before they were lost completely, together with the production of an updated Coflein entry for the Hall. None of the complex has any formal legislation to protect it, and consequently the record made by the Royal Commission is a vitally important resource.
The Hall predates the appearance of the large-scale quarry workings and originally sat adjacent to the main Talysarn to Nantlle Road, but the encroachment and enlargement of nearby Dorothea Slate Quarry (NPRN: 40539) removed the main road and eventually the complex became sandwiched between Dorothea to the south and the Blaen-y-Cae (NPRN: 40530) and Gallt-y-Fedw Slate Quarries (NPRN: 40552) to the north.
The entrance to the Stable Block of Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd. NPRN: 34410 The photographic survey of the Hall and outbuildings will become part of the Royal Commission's archive and the Atlanterra Project will also make use of this information to place the slate quarries of the Nantlle Valley into their wider landscape context.
Talysarn Hall has been mentioned in a new book: Ancestral Houses: the Lost Mansions of Wales / Tai Mawr a Mieri: Plastai Coll Cymru
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The main building of Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd. NPRN: 16874Part of the remit of the Royal Commission is to record the archaeological and built heritage of Wales. During the work of the Atlanterra Project, Royal Commission Investigators Louise Barker and Spencer Smith were alerted to the deteriorating condition of Talysarn Hall (NPRN: 16874) in Talysarn, Gwynedd.
Talysarn Hall, Gardens (NPRN: 86485) and associated outbuildings (NPRN: 31440) had already been recorded on Coflein but the continued deterioration of the main building meant that a photographic survey was required in order to record any architectural details before they were lost completely, together with the production of an updated Coflein entry for the Hall. None of the complex has any formal legislation to protect it, and consequently the record made by the Royal Commission is a vitally important resource.
The Hall predates the appearance of the large-scale quarry workings and originally sat adjacent to the main Talysarn to Nantlle Road, but the encroachment and enlargement of nearby Dorothea Slate Quarry (NPRN: 40539) removed the main road and eventually the complex became sandwiched between Dorothea to the south and the Blaen-y-Cae (NPRN: 40530) and Gallt-y-Fedw Slate Quarries (NPRN: 40552) to the north.
The entrance to the Stable Block of Talysarn Hall, Talysarn, Gwynedd. NPRN: 34410 The photographic survey of the Hall and outbuildings will become part of the Royal Commission's archive and the Atlanterra Project will also make use of this information to place the slate quarries of the Nantlle Valley into their wider landscape context.
Talysarn Hall has been mentioned in a new book: Ancestral Houses: the Lost Mansions of Wales / Tai Mawr a Mieri: Plastai Coll Cymru
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Coldbrook: All Will Be Revealed
Moulded timberwork in the hall at Coldbrook,
NPRN:36359, DS2011_129_006BBC2’s popular television programme, Restoration Home, has recently been filming at Coldbrook, near Raglan, one of Monmouthshire’s most intriguing vernacular houses. Coldrook was discovered by Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan in December 1941 and was surveyed by Mr Leonard Monroe, a staff member of the Royal Commission then engaged in recording important houses in Wales as some insurance against loss by indiscriminate bombing during the War. It was immediately noted for “the enrichment of the massive woodwork” and the survey appeared in Volume 2 of Monmouthshire Houses (pages 48-50). Its enriched style includes elaborate mouldings and deep chamfers; even the reveals of the window are built of solid timber.
Richly moulded rear window at Coldbrook,
DS2010_746_004
The house is currently being restored by its new owners and will feature in the forthcoming second series of Restoration Home. The makers of the programme have been working with Richard Suggett of the Royal Commission and Dr Dan Miles of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory on the dating and interpretation of the house. Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan believe it to date from the mid-sixteenth century. The style of the woodwork and the plan of the house has led Royal Commission expert, Richard Suggett, to suggest that it may indeed prove to be one of the earliest storeyed houses in Wales. Dan Miles will analyse the tree-ring data using the Royal Commission’s all-Wales dendro data and if complete sap-wood survives, is hopeful that an exact felling date will soon be established. The real questions are: When was the house built and Who built it? Perhaps, the answers will soon be revealed!
Coflein - Discovering Our Past OnlineCoflein is the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales.
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NPRN:36359, DS2011_129_006BBC2’s popular television programme, Restoration Home, has recently been filming at Coldbrook, near Raglan, one of Monmouthshire’s most intriguing vernacular houses. Coldrook was discovered by Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan in December 1941 and was surveyed by Mr Leonard Monroe, a staff member of the Royal Commission then engaged in recording important houses in Wales as some insurance against loss by indiscriminate bombing during the War. It was immediately noted for “the enrichment of the massive woodwork” and the survey appeared in Volume 2 of Monmouthshire Houses (pages 48-50). Its enriched style includes elaborate mouldings and deep chamfers; even the reveals of the window are built of solid timber.
Richly moulded rear window at Coldbrook,
DS2010_746_004
The house is currently being restored by its new owners and will feature in the forthcoming second series of Restoration Home. The makers of the programme have been working with Richard Suggett of the Royal Commission and Dr Dan Miles of the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory on the dating and interpretation of the house. Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan believe it to date from the mid-sixteenth century. The style of the woodwork and the plan of the house has led Royal Commission expert, Richard Suggett, to suggest that it may indeed prove to be one of the earliest storeyed houses in Wales. Dan Miles will analyse the tree-ring data using the Royal Commission’s all-Wales dendro data and if complete sap-wood survives, is hopeful that an exact felling date will soon be established. The real questions are: When was the house built and Who built it? Perhaps, the answers will soon be revealed!
Coflein - Discovering Our Past OnlineCoflein is the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales.
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Swydd Wag - Arweinydd Tîm Gweithgarwch Prydain oddi Fry
Dyddiad Ago: 5 Ebrill 2012
Dyddiad Cau: 24 Ebrill 2012
Cyflog: £29,651 i £33,500 y flwyddyn.
Lleoliad: Swindon neu Gaeredin
Hyd y cytundeb: 30 misCysylltwch ag: Angharad Williams
Disgrifiad o'r Swydd:
Mae’r rôl hon yn gyfle cyffrous i weithiwr proffesiynol a phrofiadol ym maes ymgysylltu â’r gymuned weithio mewn ffyrdd arloesol gyda chynulleidfaoedd newydd i ddod â’r casgliad rhyfeddol hwn o luniau yn fyw drwy gyfrwng prosiect Prydain oddi Fry.
Mae Casgliad Aerofilms yn cynnwys dros filiwn o awyrluniau sy’n dyddio o 1919 tan 2006. Fe’i crëwyd gan y cwmni arloesol Aerofilms Cyf, a dyma’r casgliad archifol pwysicaf o’i fath. Ceir ynddo luniau unigryw sy’n dangos sut y newidiodd pryd a gwedd Prydain yn ystod yr 20fed ganrif. Prynwyd y Casgliad gan English Heritage a’i bartneriaid, Comisiynau Brenhinol Henebion Cymru a’r Alban, yn 2007.
Bydd yr Arweinydd Tîm Gweithgarwch yn gyfrifol am reoli a chyflawni llinyn gweithgarwch y prosiect, sy’n cynnwys 16 o brosiectau cymunedol, i ategu rhaglen o wirfoddoli rhithiwr, creu ac ymgorffori adnoddau addysgol o amgylch y Casgliad, a chyflawni rhaglen o gynnal arddangosfeydd.
Cefnogir prosiect Prydain oddi Uchod gan y Loteri Genedlaethol drwy Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri a bydd yn trefnu i ryw 95,000 o luniau o’r Casgliad, sy’n dyddio o 1919 tan 1953, fod yn hygyrch.
I gael holl fanylion y swydd hon, ewch i: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/jobs/job/?ref=3315 Y dyddiad cau i geisiadau: 24/04/2012.
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Dyddiad Cau: 24 Ebrill 2012
Cyflog: £29,651 i £33,500 y flwyddyn.
Lleoliad: Swindon neu Gaeredin
Hyd y cytundeb: 30 misCysylltwch ag: Angharad Williams
Disgrifiad o'r Swydd:
Mae’r rôl hon yn gyfle cyffrous i weithiwr proffesiynol a phrofiadol ym maes ymgysylltu â’r gymuned weithio mewn ffyrdd arloesol gyda chynulleidfaoedd newydd i ddod â’r casgliad rhyfeddol hwn o luniau yn fyw drwy gyfrwng prosiect Prydain oddi Fry.
Mae Casgliad Aerofilms yn cynnwys dros filiwn o awyrluniau sy’n dyddio o 1919 tan 2006. Fe’i crëwyd gan y cwmni arloesol Aerofilms Cyf, a dyma’r casgliad archifol pwysicaf o’i fath. Ceir ynddo luniau unigryw sy’n dangos sut y newidiodd pryd a gwedd Prydain yn ystod yr 20fed ganrif. Prynwyd y Casgliad gan English Heritage a’i bartneriaid, Comisiynau Brenhinol Henebion Cymru a’r Alban, yn 2007.
Bydd yr Arweinydd Tîm Gweithgarwch yn gyfrifol am reoli a chyflawni llinyn gweithgarwch y prosiect, sy’n cynnwys 16 o brosiectau cymunedol, i ategu rhaglen o wirfoddoli rhithiwr, creu ac ymgorffori adnoddau addysgol o amgylch y Casgliad, a chyflawni rhaglen o gynnal arddangosfeydd.
Cefnogir prosiect Prydain oddi Uchod gan y Loteri Genedlaethol drwy Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri a bydd yn trefnu i ryw 95,000 o luniau o’r Casgliad, sy’n dyddio o 1919 tan 1953, fod yn hygyrch.
I gael holl fanylion y swydd hon, ewch i: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/jobs/job/?ref=3315 Y dyddiad cau i geisiadau: 24/04/2012.
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Job Vacancy - Britain from Above Activity Team Leader
Opening Date: 5 April 2012
Closing Date: 24 April 2012
Pay: £29,651 to £33,500 per annum.
Location: Swindon or Edinburgh
Contract: 30 month
Contact: Angharad Williams
Job Desription:
This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced community engagement professional to work with new audiences in innovative ways to bring this amazing photographic collection to life through the Britain from Above project.
The Aerofilms Collection contains over 1 million aerial photographs dating from 1919 to 2006. Created by the pioneering firm Aerofilms Ltd, it is the most important archive collection of its type and includes unique images showing the changing face of Britain throughout the 20th century. The Collection was acquired by English Heritage and its partners, the Royal Commissions on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Scotland in 2007.
The Activity Team Leader will be responsible for the effective management and delivery of the Activity strand of the project which includes 16 community projects, supporting a programme of virtual volunteering, creation and embedding of education resources around the Collection, and delivery of the exhibitions programme.
The Britain from Above project is supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and will make accessible approximately 95,000 images from the Collection dating from 1919 to 1953.
For complete details of this pos, please visit: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/jobs/job/?ref=3315 Application closing date for post: 24/04/2012.
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Closing Date: 24 April 2012
Pay: £29,651 to £33,500 per annum.
Location: Swindon or Edinburgh
Contract: 30 month
Contact: Angharad Williams
Job Desription:
This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced community engagement professional to work with new audiences in innovative ways to bring this amazing photographic collection to life through the Britain from Above project.
The Aerofilms Collection contains over 1 million aerial photographs dating from 1919 to 2006. Created by the pioneering firm Aerofilms Ltd, it is the most important archive collection of its type and includes unique images showing the changing face of Britain throughout the 20th century. The Collection was acquired by English Heritage and its partners, the Royal Commissions on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Scotland in 2007.
The Activity Team Leader will be responsible for the effective management and delivery of the Activity strand of the project which includes 16 community projects, supporting a programme of virtual volunteering, creation and embedding of education resources around the Collection, and delivery of the exhibitions programme.
The Britain from Above project is supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and will make accessible approximately 95,000 images from the Collection dating from 1919 to 1953.
For complete details of this pos, please visit: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/jobs/job/?ref=3315 Application closing date for post: 24/04/2012.
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