Guidance Maintenance and Management of Historic Buildings

Historic Building Owners Information Day
27th May 2011

On Friday 27th May, 2011, Bridgend County Borough Council has organized an information day for the owners of historic buildings to promote its commitment to the protection of the historic environment in the county borough. The event will be held at the Civic Offices in Bridgend Town Centre, 10.30am to 4pm, and will be offering advice, support and guidance on maintenance and management of historic buildings for local historic building owners. Officers will be on hand all day to help with enquiries and advice. The day will also be used to launch and promote the THI Phase II of the award-winning conservation grant scheme in Bridgend town centre. At 2pm a presentation will be given on Listed Building and Conservation Area issues. Owners of all historic buildings in the County Borough as well as others with an interest in the built environment, including local agents and contractors, are welcome.

For further information:  www.bridgend.gov.uk/whatson

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Plasauduon, Powys - Plu 3D Ddelweddu Pensaernïaeth Trwy Animeiddio

Plasauduon, Carno, Powys

Mae Plasauduon yn nodweddiadol o’r math o dai a geid yn Nyffryn Hafren yn yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg – tai ac iddynt fframiau coed cymesur ynghyd â chynteddau deulawr canolog a thrawiadol a agorai i lobi wrth ochr y lle tân canolog. Ffurf yw honno sy’n creu dwy ystafell gytbwys ar y llawr gwaelod a’r llawr cyntaf; yma, mae’r neuadd ar y dde a’r parlwr ar y chwith, ac ystafelloedd gwely uwch eu pennau. Codwyd Plasauduon tua 1660 ac efallai i’r adain gefn ddiweddarach ddisodli fframwaith cynharach. Mae’r tŷ mewn cyfl wr rhyfeddol o dda.
    Er gosod ffenestri newydd yn lle’r mwyafrif o’r hen rai yn yr ugeinfed ganrif, ni fu fawr o newid ar weddill y nodweddion pensaernïol gwreiddiol ac mae hynny’n ddymunol iawn oherwydd i’r tŷ gael ei adeiladu tua chanol yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg, cyfnod o addurno mawr ar dai o’r fath. Ceir ffurf bigfain ddwbl (‘bwa ciwpid’) i’r mwyafrif o bennau’r drysau, mae’r cyntedd â’i seddau gosodedig a chelfi gwreiddiol y drws yn hyfryd, ac mae trawstiau nenfwd addurnol y parlwr wedi cadw eu plastr gwreiddiol. Y peth mwyaf trawiadol o’r cyfan yw’r llawr o gerrig palmant yn y neuadd; mae’r patrwm addurnol arno’n nodweddiadol o Sir Drefaldwyn.
    Mae’n debyg bod arddangos cyfoeth drwy gyfrwng pensaernïaeth allanol a mewnol y cartref hwn yn bwysig i’r ffermwr dosbarth-canol a’i hadeiladodd. Mae dau dalcen y prif adeilad wedi’u hestyn ddwywaith ar swmerau mowldiedig ac ‘estyll draig’ yn gynheiliaid iddynt wrth y corneli. Credir weithiau fod y llawr cyntaf a’r ail mewn adeiladau trefol yn yr Oesoedd Canol yn estyn allan i greu rhagor o ofod uwchlaw strydoedd poblog, ond yng nghefn gwlad rhaid mai mater o ffasiwn ydoedd ef – ac yn sicr mae’r effaith yn apelio at y llygad. Mae tai fel Plasauduon yn rhoi cymaint o fwynhad oherwydd bod yr addurno arnynt yn deillio o ffurf eu hadeiladwaith ac nid o ryw chwaeth fympwyol.

Houses of the Welsh Countryside, ffigur 140.

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Plasauduon, Powys - Architecture 3D Visualisation Fly Through Animation

Plasauduon, Carno, Powys

Plasauduon is typical of the seventeenth-century ‘Severn Valley’ type – symmetrical timber-framed houses distinguished by impressive, central, storeyed porches opening into a lobby at the side of the central fireplace. This form creates two balanced rooms to the ground and first floor; in this case the hall on the right and parlour on the left, and there are bedchambers over. Built around 1660, with a later rear wing that is possibly a rebuild of an earlier structure, Plasauduon is remarkably well preserved.
    Although most of the windows have been replaced in the twentieth century, virtually all of the other original architectural features are intact. This is fortunate as the house dates from the midseventeenth century when such houses were particularly well supplied with decorative detail. Most of the door-heads are cut in a double ogee (‘cupid’s bow’) shape, the porch with its fitted seats and original door furniture is delightful, and the decorative ceiling beams in the parlour retain their original plaster. Most impressive of all is the pitched stone floor in the hall, which has a decorative pattern typical of Montgomeryshire.
    Display of wealth through the external and internal architecture appears to have been significant for the middle-class farmer who built this home. Both gable ends of the main range are twice jettied on moulded bressumers, with ‘dragon beams’ providing support at the corners. It is sometimes considered that medieval urban buildings were jettied to create more space above crowded streets, but here in the countryside it must have been a display of fashion – and the effect is certainly pleasing to the eye. What makes houses like Plasauduon so satisfying is that their decoration is the result of their structural form and not some whimsical application.

Houses of the Welsh Countryside, fig. 140.

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Peintiadau Meini Hirion Sir Penfro J.C. Young

Maen Hir Carreg Coitan Arthur, Puncheston, NPRN: 304361

Crewyd y casgliad o beintiadau sy'n cofnodi meini hirion Sir Benfro gan yr arlunydd J. C. Young dros gyfnod o dair blynedd rhwng 1981 a 1984, gan ddefnyddio rhestr o safleoedd a gyhoeddwyd yn Pembrokeshire Historian ym 1966. Ymwelodd â phob un o'r 53 maen a'u cofnodi'n ofalus iawn yng nghyd-destun y dirwedd o'u hamgylch – menter lafurus, yn aml yn golygu oriau o chwilio a theithio i leoliadau anghysbell. Yn ogystal â chynhyrchu'r peintiadau, creodd Mrs Young nodiadau ar gyfer pob maen, yn cofnodi unrhyw hanes a llên gwerin a gasglwyd wrth wneud ymchwil mewn dogfennau a sgwrsio â'r tirfeddianwyr.

Mae pob peintiad gwreiddiol yn olew ar bord ac yn mesur 5” x 8”. Maen nhw'n dogfennu'r meini'u hunain, ac weithiau'n cynnwys manylion braf o flodau ac anifeiliaid yn ogystal â lleoliadau'r dirwedd sydd o'u hamgylch, yn aml mewn tywydd a golau dramatig. Mae'r peintiadau'n ffurfio casgliad swynol a deniadol o ddelweddau, ac maen nhw hefyd yn ddogfen ddarluniadol bwysig o fath arwyddocaol o safle nad oes gan CBHC lawer o gofnodion gweledol. Mae llygad yr arlunydd hefyd wedi dal manylion a chyd-destun na fyddai cofnod ffotograffig wedi medru gwneud.

Gan fod y lluniau gwreiddiol yn cael eu harddangos a'u gwerthu o 5 Awst, 2011, mae Mrs Young, yn garedig iawn, wedi caniatáu i'r Cofnod Henebion Cenedlaethol gopïo'r peintiadau'n ddigidol ar gyfer eu harchif gyhoeddus. Mae gobaith y bydd y peintiadau'n cael eu gwerthu'n un casgliad cyfan, gan ei fod yn ddymunol iawn cynnal cyfanrwydd y math hwn o waith. Ond pe caiff y casgliad ei wasgaru, mae'r CBHC yn hapus i gadw set lawn rithwir o'r peintiadau o leiaf, a'u rhoi ar gael i'r cyhoedd.

Maen Hir Parc-y-Garreg, Pen Cnwc, NPRN: 413137
Maen Hir Cerrig-y-Derwyddion, Eglwyswrw, NPRN: 304049
Harold Stone, Haroldstone, NPRN: 305339
Maen Hir Rhyndaston-Fawr, NPRN: 305325
Maen Hir Llanfair-Nant-y-Gof, NPRN: 305192
Maen Gwyn Hir, NPRN: 275685
Maen Hir Llanfrynach, NPRN: 304109
Rhes o feini, Parc-y-Meirw, NPRN: 285
Maen Hir Parc Hen, NPRN: 305198
Carreg Galchen Fach, Maenclochog, NPRN: 304453
Pâr Carreg Cornel Bach, Maenclochog, NPRN: 304454
Maen Hir Ty Newydd, Mathry, NPRN: 305214
Pâr Carreg Waun Lwyd, Mynachlog Ddu, NPRN: 304054
Maen Hir Trefais, Moelygrove, NPRN: 304089
Maen Hir Pen Parke, Brynawel, NPRN: 413138
Maen Hir Waun Mawn, NPRN: 300423
Pâr Carreg, Tafarn-y-Bwlch, NPRN: 304356
Maen Hir Carreg Coitan Arthur, Puncheston, NPRN: 304361
Maen Hir Fagwr Fran, Puncheston, NPRN: 304362
Maen Hir Maen Dewi, St David’s, NPRN: 305373
Maen Hir Harold, Skomer Island, NPRN: 305372


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J.C. Young Pembrokeshire Standing Stones Paintings

Cerrig-y-Derwyddion Standing Stone, Eglwyswrw, NPRN: 304049

The collection of paintings recording the standing stones of Pembrokeshire was created by artist J.C. Young over a three year period from 1981 to 1984, using a list of sites published in the Pembrokeshire Historian in 1966. Each of the 53 stones was visited by her in the field and meticulously recorded in the context of the surrounding landscape – an arduous undertaking, which often involved hours of searching and trekking to isolated locations. In addition to producing the paintings, Mrs Young also created a set of notes for each stone, recording any known history and folklore collected through documentary research and conversations with the landowners.

Each original painting is in oil on board and measures 5” x 8”. As well as documenting the stones themselves, they sometimes include delightful details of flora and fauna in addition to the surrounding landscape settings, often in dramatic conditions of weather and light. Whilst forming a charming and attractive collection of images, the paintings also constitute an important pictorial document of a significant site type for which the NMRW has few visual records. The artist’s eye has also captured detail and context which photographic recording would fail to pick up.

As the originals are due for exhibition and sale at Picton Castle from 5th August, 2011, Mrs Young has kindly allowed the National Monuments Record to digitally copy the paintings for their public archive. It is hoped that the paintings are sold as an entire collection, as it is highly desirable to maintain the integrity of such a body of work. However, should the collection be broken up the NMRW is pleased to preserve at least a virtual complete set of the paintings and make them accessible to the public.

Parc-y-Garreg Standing Stone, Pen Cnwc, NPRN: 413137

Cerrig-y-Derwyddion Standing Stone, Eglwyswrw, NPRN: 304049

Harold Stone, Haroldstone, NPRN: 305339

Rhyndaston-Fawr Standing Stone, NPRN: 305325

Lanfair-Nant-y-Gof Standing Stone, NPRN: 305192

Maen Gwyn Hir Standing Stone, NPRN: 275685

Llanfrynach Standing Stone, NPRN: 304109

Parc-y-Meirw Stone Row, NPRN: 285

Parc Hen Standing Stone, NPRN: 305198

Galchen Fach Stone, Maenclochog, NPRN: 304453

Cornel Bach Stone Pair, Maenclochog, NPRN: 304454

Ty Newydd Standing Stone, Mathry, NPRN: 305214

Waun Lwyd Stone Pair, Mynachlog Ddu, NPRN: 304054

Trefais Standing Stone, Moelygrove, NPRN: 304089

Pen Parke Standing Stone, Brynawel, NPRN: 413138

Waun Mawn Standing Stone, NPRN: 300423

Tafarn-y-Bwlch Stone Pair, NPRN: 304356

Carreg Coitan Arthur Standing Stone, Puncheston, NPRN: 304361

Fagwr Fran Standing Stone, Puncheston, NPRN: 304362

Maen Dewi Standing Stone, St David’s, NPRN: 305373

Harold Stone Standing Stone, Skomer Island, NPRN: 305372

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Beaumaris Castle - Site Details Online Images Associated Sites & Records

RCAHMW colour slide oblique aerial photograph of Beaumaris Castle, taken on 29/04/1999
CD2003_612_028   NPRN: 95769

Beaumaris Castle was begun in 1295, the last link in the ring of defence provided for the north Wales seaboard by Edward I, located close to the water's edge on the Isle of Anglesey. A thriving borough was laid out alongside the castle (Beaumaris, medieval and later borough NPRN 32989 ), with the castle's constable acting as its ...
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Tŷ -mawr, Sir Gaernarfon - 3D Fly Delweddu Trwy Animeiddio

Tŷ-mawr, Wybrnant, Penmachno, Sir Gaernarfon

Er bod cwm afon Wybrnant heddiw’n teimlo mor anghysbell ag y gellir bod yng Nghymru, yn yr unfed ganrif ar bymtheg yr oedd ar brif ffordd y porthmyn o Lŷn i Ddolwyddelan ac ymlaen i’r marchnadoedd gwartheg dros y ffin. Ac er ei fod yn enwog fel man geni William Morgan (y cyntaf i gyfi eithu’r cyfan o’r Beibl i’r Gymraeg) ym 1545, mae’r tŷ lawn mor bwysig fel enghraifft o Dŷ Eryri o’r unfed ganrif ar bymtheg sydd wedi’i ddiogelu a’i adfer yn gelfydd. Mae ei enw’n awgrymu nad fferm gyffredin mohono yn ei ddydd a chredir iddo fod yn gartref i deulu o ffermwyr cyfoethog.
    Yr hyn sy’n ddiddorol yma yw i hen neuadd (o gyfnod William Morgan) gael ei haddasu i greu adeilad sydd, yn allanol beth bynnag, yn dilyn patrwm clasurol ‘tŷ Eryri’. Mae hynny’n dangos apêl fawr y math newydd o dŷ deulawr a gâi ei godi’n lleol gan y dosbarthiadau canol; cai tai a fodolai eisoes, hyd yn oed, eu haddasu i gyd-fynd â’r ffasiwn ddiweddaraf.
    Ychydig sy’n weddill o’r neuadd gynnar heblaw am ddau ddarn o nenfforch yn wal y dwyrain a’r rhan isaf o waith maen. Ailwampiwyd y neuadd yn niwedd yr unfed ganrif ar bymtheg neu, o bosibl, tua dechrau’r ganrif wedyn. Dilynai’r cynllun newydd batrwm tŷ Eryri gan osod lleoedd tân yn waliau’r talcenni yn hytrach nag yng nghanol y tŷ, fel y digwyddai’n gyffredin bryd hynny ar y gororau. Nid oes iddo risiau cerrig yn y wal, sef nodwedd a welir o hyd mewn rhai o’r tai cyfagos ym Mhenmachno, ac mae’n fwy na thebyg mai grisiau ysgol a ddefnyddid i gyrraedd y siambrau newydd ar y llawr cyntaf.
    Adferodd yr Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol y tŷ ym 1988 i ddathlu pedwarcanmlwyddiant cyfieithu’r Beibl. Cafwyd gwared ar lawer o’r newidiadau o’r bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg a’r ugeinfed ganrif er mwyn creu’r tu mewn syml a welir heddiw.

Peter Smith, Arweinlyfr yr Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol i Dŷ Mawr.

Cartrefi Cefn Gwlad Cymru
Gan Richard Suggett, Greg Stevenson, 2010

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Tŷ -mawr, Caernarfonshire - 3D Visualisation Fly Through Animation

Tŷ-mawr, Wybrnant, Penmachno, Caernarfonshire

The Wybrnant valley feels as remote as it is possible to get in Wales today, yet in the sixteenth century it was on a main drovers’ road from Llŷn through Dolwyddelan and on to the cattle markets across the border. Famous as the birthplace in 1545 of William Morgan (the first translator of the whole Bible into Welsh), it is equally important as a well-preserved and restored sixteenth-century Snowdonian House. The name (Tŷ-mawr or ‘Great House’) suggests that this was no ordinary farm in its day. It is considered to have been home to a wealthy farming family.
    What is interesting here is that a former hall (from William Morgan’s time) was modified to create a building that externally at least follows the classic ‘Snowdonian house’ pattern. This shows the strong appeal of the new kind of storeyed house that was being built locally by the middle classes, and that even existing homes were modified to conform to the latest fashion.
    Little remains of the early hall aside from two cruck fragments in the east wall and the lower section of stonework, and the hall was remodelled in the later sixteenth century or possibly early seventeenth century. The new plan followed the Snowdonian house pattern with fireplaces in the gable-end walls rather than in the middle of the house, as was then common on the Welsh borders. It lacks a stone mural stair, a feature still seen in some of the neighbouring properties in Penmachno, and a ladder stair was probably used to reach the new first-floor chambers. The National Trust restored the property in 1988 to mark the fourth centenary of the Welsh Bible, stripping out many nineteenth- and twentieth-century alterations and creating the simple interior seen today.

Peter Smith, National Trust Guide to Tŷ-mawr.

Houses of the Welsh Countryside
By Richard Suggett, Greg Stevenson, 2010

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Beth Sy'n Newydd O Dan Fenter Archaeoleg Yr Uwchdiroedd

Llyn Gafr, Craig Las.
Llun o’r llwybr igam-ogam i’r copa.
Llun: CD2005_605_007 / NPRN: 55712

Eleni (2011-12) caiff prosiectau arolygu gymorth grant o dan Fenter Archaeoleg yr Uwchdiroedd yn yr ardaloedd hyn:

Yr Aran (Eryri) (9km²) gan Hayman & Horton
Foel Goch (Meir.) (14) gan Oxford Archaeology North
Glaslyn (Plynlimon) (15) gan Hayman & Horton
Cwmystwyth - Cwm Mwyro (Cer.) (50) gan Trysor
De Bryniau Cambrian (33) gan Trysor

Mae’r gwaith o gynllunio rhaglen y flwyddyn nesaf (2011-12) eisoes yn mynd rhagddo.

Dylai’r rhai sy’n darllen y tudalennau hyn ac a hoffai gymryd rhan yn y rhaglen maes gysylltu â David Leighton yn david.leighton@rcahmw.gov.uk erbyn diwedd mis Gorffennaf 2011.

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What's New Under The Uplands Archaeology Initiative

Corn Du Burial Site and Pen y Fan.
A winter landscape looking east.
Image: CD2005_608_005 / NPRN: 307985

This year (2011-2012) reconnaissance survey projects are being grant-aided under the Uplands Archaeology Initiative in the following areas:

Yr Aran (Snowdonia) (9km²) by Hayman & Horton
Foel Goch (Mer.) (14) by Oxford Archaeology North
Glaslyn (Plynlimon) (15) by Hayman & Horton
Cwmystwyth - Cwm Mwyro (Cer.) (50) by Trysor
Southern Cambrian Mountains (33) by Trysor

Planning for next year’s (2012-13) programme is already under way.

Readers of these pages who would like to participate in the field programme should contact David Leighton at david.leighton@rcahmw.gov.uk by the end of July 2011.


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Newport Cathedral Recording The Medieval Roof Timbers

Nave roof interior, St. Woolos Cathedral, Monmouthshire.
DS2011_158_025   NPRN 220468

Staff from the Emergency Recording team of the Royal Commission recently visited St. Woolos Cathedral (nprn 220468) to record and photograph the roof timbers. A rare opportunity to access this Medieval roof had been provided by the scaffolding currently erected as a result of the £1.5 million successfully raised by the Newport Cathedral Emergency Campaign, to repair and restore the roof of this impressive Grade I listed building. Last month, at the beginning of March, a number of tree-ring samples were successfully taken from the roof as part of the Royal Commission’s programme for tree-ring dating Medieval Welsh Churches. The sites of sampling, the numerous and varied carpenter marks on the trusses and the trusses themselves were all now recorded by the team.

General view, figures for scale, St. Woolos Cathedral, Monmouthshire.
DS2011_158_030   NPRN 220468

It has long been suggested that the roof of St. Woolos Cathedral was mostly medieval and dates to the early fifteenth century following the razing to the ground of much of Newport by the Owain Glyndwr revolt of 1400-1415. After the uprising, both the aisles are believed to have been added, as well as a two-storey South porch and the West tower, known as the Jasper Tower, after Jasper Tudor, uncle of Henry VII, who was responsible for some of the work. Last year, the team successfully dated the Church  of St. Nicholas (nprn:- 221965) at Grosmont in partnership with the Rev. Jean Prosser  and The Village Alive Trust as the oldest parochial church in Wales. That has a successful dendrochronology date of 1214- 44. Let’s hope that the dates for St. Woolos’ Cathredral due this summer will be equally as exciting!

Carpenters marks, St. Woolos Cathedral, Monmouthshire.
DS2011_158_008   NPRN 220468

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Llandaff Cathedral - Site Details Online Images Associated Sites & Records

Aerial view of Llandaff Cathedral.
RCAHMW colour oblique aerial photograph of Llandaff Cathedral, low level view, 16/05/2002
DI2007_1159   NPRN 131

The original church, later a cathedral, at Llandaf was founded in 1107. Between 1120 and 1133 there was a substantial re-build of the core of the church, followed, between 1193 and 1229, by further work on the choir, nave and the western end. Between 1244 and ...
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Conwy Castle - Site Details Online Images Associated Sites & Records

Looking into Conwy castle from the east wall
RCAHMW digital photographic survey of Conwy Castle, 23/11/2007.
DS2007_458_001   NPRN 121

Conwy Castle, set against the mountains of Snowdonia is as impressive today as it was 700 years ago. Construction of the castle was finished in 1287, having taken a little over four years to complete. The town and castle of Conwy were built as a single entity. Conwy castle was one of a series of castles established in north Wales by King Edward I to secure North Wales following the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in ...
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Cardiff Castle - Site Details Online Images Associated Sites & Records

Cardiff Castle, general view from south-east
RCAHMW colour oblique aerial photograph taken on 13/01/2005
AP_2005_0026   NPRN 33

Cardiff Castle was established within the walls of a mighty Roman fort (NPRN 301346) by William I of England in about 1081. The castle had a chequered history and fell into decline following the civil war. From 1776 a program of landscaping, clearance and reconstruction was embarked upon and from 1868 through to the 1920s the castle was transformed according to the fantastical Gothic plans of William Burgess and the Roman walls were cleared and reconstructed ...
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Ydych Chi’n Gallu Helpu’r Comisiwn Brenhinol i Gofnodi Statws Diweddaraf Eich Capel Lleol?

Diweddaru cronfa ddata Capeli y Comisiwn Brenhinol

Mae'r Comisiwn Brenhinol wedi bod ar flaen y gad wrth gydnabod pa mor bwysig yw capeli Anghydffurfiol yng Nghymru o ran diwylliant, cymdeithas a phensaernïaeth. Mae’r capel Cymreig yn fath o adeilad sydd ymysg y rhai mwyaf nodedig ac eiconig yng Nghymru, gan gyfrannu yn helaeth i’n tirlun trefol a gwledig.
Drwy gydweithio â gwirfoddolwyr a Chymdeithas Treftadaeth y Capeli, a chael gwybodaeth gan enwadau anghydffurfiol, mae'r Comisiwn dros y misoedd diwethaf wedi casglu data ar statws presennol bron i 3000 o gapeli Cymru, ond mae angen gwybodaeth am y 3,600 capel arall.

Ydych chi’n gallu helpu’r Comisiwn Brenhinol i gofnodi statws diweddaraf eich capel lleol?

Bydd y gwaith o gofnodi’r defnydd a wneir o gapeli Cymru yn parhau tan ddechrau hydref 2011. I helpu gyda’r prosiect, edrychwch ar y rhestri isod wedi’u trefnu yn ôl sir a chymuned. Dyma’r capeli nad oes gennym wybodaeth ddiweddar amdanynt ar hyn o bryd ynglŷn â’u statws. Gofynnir i unrhyw un sydd am helpu â’r prosiect gysylltu â Susan Fielding ar susan.fielding@cbhc.gov.uk neu CBHC, Adeilad y Goron, Plascrug, Aberystwyth, SY23 1NJ.

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• Ystadegau Statws Sir Gaerfyrddin (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Sir Aberteifi (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Sir Ddinbych (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Sir y Fflint (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Morgannwg (ffeil PDF, 0.4MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Meirionnydd (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Sir Fynwy (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Sir Drefaldwyn (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Sir Benfro (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ystadegau Statws Sir Faesyfed (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)

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Can You Help The Royal Commission To Record The Current Status Of Your Local Chapel?

Updating the Royal Commission’s Chapels database

The Royal Commission has been at the forefront in recognising the cultural, social and architectural importance of Nonconformist chapels in Wales. The Welsh chapel is one of the most distinctive and iconic building types in Wales, contributing heavily to both our urban and rural landscapes.
Through collaboration with volunteers and the Chapels Heritage Society, and information received from the nonconformist denominational bodies, the Commission over the last few months has collected data on the current status of nearly 3000 Welsh chapels, but information is still required on the remaining 3,600 chapels.

Can you help the Royal Commission to record the current status of your local chapel?

Work on recording the current status of Welsh chapels will be ongoing until early autumn 2011. To help with the project, please take a look at the lists below ordered by county and community. These are the chapels for which we currently have no up to date information regarding their status. If you have any information or would like to help with the project please contact Susan Fielding at susan.fielding@rcahmw.gov.uk or RCAHMW, Crown Building, Plascrug, Aberystwyth, SY23 1NJ.

Further information on individual chapels can be found on Coflein www.coflein.gov.uk

Documents

• Anglesey Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Breconshire Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Caernarfonshire Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Carmarthenshire Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Ceredigion Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Denbighshire Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Flintshire Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Glamorgan Status Stats (PDF file, 0.4MB)
• Merioneth Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Monmouthshire Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Montgomeryshire Status Stats (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Pembrokeshire Status Stats (PDF file, <0.1MB)
• Radnorshire Status Stats (PDF file, <0.1MB)

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Archebu Deunydd o'r Archif - Gwefan Diweddaru

Archebu Deunydd o'r Archif

Mae Cofnod Henebion Cenedlaethol Cymru yn darparu gwasanaeth sy’n ymwneud â threftadaeth archaeolegol ac adeiledig Cymru. Mae modd cael gwybodaeth drwy lenwi’r ffurflen e-bost Ffurflen Gwneud Ymholiad, drwy anfon cais drwy’r post, ffacsio cais, ffonio i gyflwyno cais neu ymweld yn bersonol â’r Llyfrgell a’r Ystafell Chwilio yn Aberystwyth. Peth doeth yw gwneud apwyntiad.

Llyfrgell a Gwasanaethau Ymholiadau
CBHC
Adeilad y Goron
Plas Crug
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion SY23 1NJ

Ffôn: +44(0)1970 621200
Ffacs: +44(0)1970 627701

Oriau Agor: Llun, Mawrth, Iau, Gwener, 9.30-4.00; Mercher 10.30-4.30.

Cewch weld y wybodaeth hon yn rhad ac am ddim, ond fe all fod ffi am gyflenwi copïau o ddata a deunydd archifol; Edrychwch ar y rhestr brisiau i gael y manylion. Caiff copïau o’r deunydd eu cyflenwi gan barchu unrhyw gyfyngiad ar hawlfraint neu gyfyngiad ar fynediad iddo. Edrychwch ar ein 'Telerau ac Amodau ar gyfer Defnyddio Gwybodaeth o Gofnod Henebion Cenedlaethol Cymru', os gwelwch yn dda. Bwriadwn ateb eich ymholiad cyn pen 15 diwrnod gwaith ar ôl cael y cais. I archebu copïau o gofnodion sydd eisoes i’w gweld ar Coflein, llenwch Ffurflen Archebu a rhowch y rhif catalog, yr NPRN, chyfeirnod y ddelwedd ac am pa ddefnydd y wybodaeth.

Dogfennau

• Y Rhestr Brisiau (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)
• Ffurflen Archebu 2011 (ffeil PDF, <0.1MB)
• Telerau ac Amodau ar gyfer Defnyddio Gwybodaeth o GHCC 2011 (ffeil PDF, 0.1MB)

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Order Material from the Archive - Website Update

Order Material from the Archive

The National Monuments Record of Wales provides a public information service for the archaeological and built heritage of Wales. Information can be obtained by completing the email Enquiry Request Form or by post, fax, telephone or personal visit to the Library and Search Room in Aberystwyth. An appointment is advisable.


Library and Enquiry Services
RCAHMW
Crown Building
Plas Crug Aberystwyth
Ceredigion SY23 1NJ
UK

Tel: +44(0)1970 621200
Fax: +44(0)1970 627701

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.30-4.00; Wednesday 10.30-4.30.

Access to this information is free of charge, but there may be a fee for supplying copies of data and archive material. Please see the price list for details. Copies of the material are supplied subject to any copyright or access restrictions. Please see our 'Terms and Conditions for Use of Information from the National Monuments Record of Wales'. We aim to reply to requests for information within 15 working days of receipt of the request. To order copies of records already seen on Coflein please complete the 'Order Form' and enter the catalogue number, NPRN, image reference number and what the material is intended to be used for.

Documents

• Price List 2011 (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Terms and Conditions for use of Information from the NMRW 2011 (PDF file, 0.1MB)
• Order form 2011 (PDF file, <0.1MB)

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Swyddi Gwag ar gyfer 2 Archeolegydd Cymunedol

ARCHAEOLEGWYR CYMUNEDOL (2 swydd)

Dyddiad Ago: 4 Ebrill 2011
Dyddiad Cau: 27 Ebrill 2011
Lleoliad: Aberystwyth


Hyd: Penodiad tymor penodol tan 31.1.2014
Cyflog: £20,100 to £25,200.

Dyma gyfle cyffrous a heriol i ymwneud â chyflawni prosiect Cymru-Iwerddon a ariannir gan Interreg 4 a. Mae’r Comisiwn Brenhinol, fel y partner arweiniol, wedi cael cyllid gan Gronfa Datblygu Rhanbarthol Ewrop i weithredu’r prosiect “Cysylltiadau Metel – Cyduno Cymunedau”.

Nod partneriaeth Cysylltiadau Metel yw dod â chymunedau ynghyd o Gymru ac Iwerddon sydd â chysylltiad hanesyddol cyffredin oherwydd ecsbloetio mwynau metel. Prif nodau’r prosiect yw datblygu a hyrwyddo cyd-gyfleoedd cymdeithasol-gynhwysol i adfywio hen gymunedau mwyngloddio metel; hybu a hyrwyddo cysylltiadau diwylliannol ac addysgol newydd sy’n seiliedig ar fwyngloddio, archaeoleg, daeareg a threftadaeth ddiwylliannol, a rhannu ffyrdd newydd o adrodd ‘stori’ yr ardaloedd mwyngloddio a’u cyffiniau er mwyn ceisio creu cynnyrch unigryw a wnaiff apelio at dwristiaid a chyfrannu at adfywio economaidd.

Prif ddyletswydd y swyddi hyn yw ymgysylltu â grwpiau cymunedol i sefydlu a hyrwyddo amrywiaeth o fentrau ynghylch archaeoleg (o bob cyfnod) yr ardaloedd lle’r arferid cloddio am fetelau.

Bydd gennych gymhwyster hyd at lefel gradd, cymhwyster cyfatebol mewn pwnc perthnasol neu brofiad cysylltiedig ar lefel briodol. Bydd gennych brofiad o ymgysylltu a gweithio gyda grwpiau cymunedol; o ddatblygu, rheoli a gweithredu prosiectau, ac o hyrwyddo a rhoi cyhoeddusrwydd i weithgareddau a digwyddiadau, gan gynnwys defnyddio’r datblygiadau technolegol diweddaraf fel blogiau, facebook ac ati. Bydd gennych chi hefyd drwydded yrru lawn o’r DU.

Mae’n hanfodol i ddeiliad un o’r ddwy swydd allu cyfathrebu yn Gymraeg.

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Graddfa Cyflog: Band C
Cyflog: £20,100 to £25,200 per annum
Hyd y cytundeb: 34 month
Cysylltwch â: Louise Barker

Dogfennau sy'n ymwneud â swydd benodol:

• Disgrifiad o'r Swydd (DOC, 0.1MB)
• Canllawiau i Ymgeiswyr (DOC, 0.4MB)
• Dodau'r Prosiect (DOC, 0.1MB)
• RCAHMW Ffurflen gais (DOC, 0.7MB)

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Job Vacancies For 2 Community Archaeologists

COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGISTS (2 posts)

Opening Date: 4 April 2011
Closing Date: 27 April 2011
Location: Aberystwyth


Duration: Fixed term appointment to 31.1.2014
Salary: £20,100 to £25,200.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to be involved in the delivery of a Wales-Ireland Interreg 4 a funded project. The Royal Commission, as the lead partner, has been awarded funding by the European Regional Development Fund, to implement the “Metal Links – Forging Communities together” Project.

The Metal Links partnership aims to bring together communities from Ireland and Wales that share a common historical link through the exploitation of metal ore. The main aims of the project are to develop and promote socially inclusive opportunities for the sustainable regeneration of formal metal-mining communities; to promote and encourage new cultural and educational links based on mining, archaeology, geology and cultural heritage and to share new ways of telling the ‘story’ of mining areas and hinterlands with the view towards a unique tourism product that contributes towards economic regeneration.

The principal duty of these posts is to engage with community groups in the establishment and promotion of a range of initiatives relating to the archaeology (all periods) of former metal mining areas.

You will be qualified up to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject or have related experience at an appropriate level. You will have experience of engaging and working with community groups; developing, managing and implementing projects and have experience of promoting and publicising activities and events, including the use of latest technological developments such as blogs, facebook etc. You will also hold a full UK driving licence.

It is essential that one of the two post holders is able to communicate in Welsh.

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Pay Scale: Band C
Salary: £20,100 to £25,200 per annum
Contract: 34 month
Contact: Louise Barker

Job-specific documentation:

• Job Description (DOC, 0.1MB)
• Metal Links - Project Aims (DOC, 0.3MB)
• Candidate Guidance (DOC, 0.2MB)
• RCAHMW Application Form (DOC, 0.4MB)

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Do You Recognise This School in Wales?

Can you help us? 
Every so often the Royal Commission finds a photo in its archive with little or no information of where it is or what it depicts.

Unidentified school and pupils, 1980
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Have a look to see if you recognise this place. Click on the image to see a larger version of the unidentified school and pupils, 1980.
If you think you know the site name or location of the photograph, please contact Gareth Edwards quoting the DI number displayed in the photograph's caption or post your comment below.


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