Commissioners’ Open Business Meeting, 22 October, 2015

The Commissioners appointed by the Crown to oversee the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales will hold a meeting in public on Thursday, 22 October, 2015 at the Royal Commission’s office in Aberystwyth from 4.30pm to 7pm. The meeting is an important part of the Royal Commission’s commitment to public accountability and transparency, and anyone who is interested is welcome to attend and observe the Commission at work.

The meeting will be chaired by Dr Eurwyn Wiliam, and the Secretary, Christopher Catling, will make a short presentation on the Commission’s future work. Light refreshments will be served after the meeting, when there will be an opportunity to talk informally to the Chairman, Secretary and Commissioners.

The meeting is free to attend but spaces are limited and will be made available on a first-come first-served basis. The meeting will be conducted in English. Simultaneous translation into Welsh will be provided if you let us know when booking that you would like this service to be provided.

Please contact Nicola Roberts – nicola.roberts@rcahmw.gov.uk; tel: 01970 621248 – to reserve a place or to request further information.


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RCAHMW Foyer Display: Chapels

We have a brand new foyer display so thought it a good idea to share it on the blog for those of you unable to visit.

The Welsh chapel is one of the most distinctive and iconic building types in Wales, often known as 'The Architecture of Wales'. Chapels contribute greatly to both our urban and rural landscapes. Go anywhere in Wales and you will see these often imposing buildings at the heart of every community. The Royal Commission has been at the forefront of recognising their cultural, social and architectural importance at a time when they have come under increasing threat from closure and demolition. Working with volunteers from Capel, photographic societies and interested individuals, we have run a nationwide project to record, survey and gather information on them before they disappear. We are very grateful for the invaluable help of these local volunteers and for all the information and photographs they have provided.

The latest part of this work has been with Addoldai Cymru over the past year. Addoldai Cymru (Welsh Religious Buildings Trust) is a charity set up to take into ownership a selection of redundant chapels that are historically and/or architecturally significant to the story of chapel building and Nonconformity in Wales. Together we have created a website for people to access this information and to be able to contribute their own photos and memories of the chapel/s they know.

We have held community days at four of the Trust's chapels and gathered information from people for whom that chapel was central to their lives.

© Betsan Haf Evans: CelfCalon

The display includes a remarkable audio recording, contributed at one of these events, of Elizabeth James talking (and singing) to her grandson about the Great Revival of 1904–05. It was recorded in 1984 when she was 100 years old and describes her experiences as a young teacher in Maesteg when Evan Roberts came to preach. A new revival may start here among staff who have started humming the songs!

Listen here: http://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/400526

With the wealth of material held in the National Monuments Record of Wales archive on chapels of every denomination and from every part of Wales it was hard to choose what to include in the display, especially as we have only a small cabinet. In the end we decided to focus on the richness of chapel interiors, those decorative details, fixtures and fittings, which tell their own story about, for example, the importance of the pulpit and Sedd Fawr, how the need for more seating space was solved with balconies, and how chapels were heated and lit.

We have a Bible from 1874 as well as a number of key books held in our library on Welsh chapels and their significance to Wales.

Finally, we have two scale models lovingly crafted by members of staff for the display.

If this has sparked an interest in discovering more, or you have material to upload about your chapel, please visit the website: http://www.welshchapels.org/

By Helen Rowe


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Conflict Archaeology in Wales and the Wider World - 20 November 2015

Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and WelCAAP
Welsh Conflict Archaeology Advisory Panel

National Library of Wales (Council Chamber)
20 November 2015 

Delegate Cost: £15.00 (includes tea and coffee).

Lunch ordered at time of booking: £8, or bring your own.

The Welsh Conflict Archaeology Panel (WelCAAP) is organising a one day seminar in partnership with the CIfA Cymru / Wales Group introducing the concepts, themes and current projects concerned with conflict archaeology in Wales and the wider world.

Originating in the Cadw C20th Military sites Working Group and with representatives from Cadw, the Royal Commission, the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts, Historic England, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and other agencies and national bodies. WelCAAP exists to raise the profile of recent conflict archaeology in Wales and the impacts on the communities and landscapes of Wales. as well as to disseminate best practice pertaining to the identification, research, protection, conservation, interpretation and presentation of eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century conflict sites across the historic environment in Wales.

This one-day seminar will introduce delegates to current UK (and wider) research themes, projects and management issues, and will feature papers on a range of topics including military field archaeology, First World War themes, the Home Front in Wales, aviation archaeology and community archaeology. Offers of exhibitions are welcome. 

For further information please contact:
Toby Driver, toby.driver@rcahmw.gov.uk +44 (0)1970 621207 or
John Latham jernstlatham@gmail.com +44 (0)7774 877834.

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Job Vacancy - Executive Assistant (Corporate Business Unit)

Location: Aberystwyth

Salary Range £22,400 to £25,750pa
37 hours per week – permanent appointment
(Appointment will be at or near the minimum of the pay band) 

JOB PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ROLE:
The Executive Assistant reports directly to the Secretary who is the CEO of the Commission and is part of a team which form the Corporate Business Unit.

The Executive Assistant assists the Secretary in ensuring that the Commission complies with its governance and reporting commitments in a timely manner and in line with best practice as set out by the Welsh Government and that the Commission’s good record in this area of activity is maintained.

An application form and further details are available from:-
Mrs S. J. Billingsley
RCAHMW
Plas Crug
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NJ

E-mail: sue.billingsley@rcahmw.gov.uk
Tel: 01970 621230
Fax: 01970 621246

Closing date for applications is 11 October 2015.
The Royal Commission is an equal opportunities employer

Full details: http://bit.ly/1Lgk9uv


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Heritage Open Day Holyhead, 19 September 10am–4.30pm

The Royal Commission will be joining staff from the Holyhead Town Heritage Initiative in a day-long celebration of Holyhead’s architectural past. The event will focus on the Roman fort and St Cybi’s Church, and will include demonstrations of Roman life and Roman re-enactors in full regalia. At 11am and 2pm the Royal Commission’s architectural historian, Richard Suggett, will lead a guided tour focusing on St Cybi’s Church and its environs. Each tour will last approximately 1½ hours. To join the tour meet in the tearoom at the Ucheldre Centre, Millbank, Holyhead, Anglesey, LL65 1TE.

Pre-booking through the Royal Commission is advised.
For booking, please contact: nicola.roberts@rcahmw.gov.uk 01970 621248

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National Monuments Record of Wales Archives and Library Bulletin - August 2015

Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) Archives and Library Bulletin which lists all newly catalogued material. 
http://www.rcahmw.gov.uk/HI/ENG/Our+Services/Donate+Records/Recent+Acquisitions/. The archival items, library books and journal articles are all available to view in our public reading room. The full archive catalogue is available on Coflein and contains digital copies of many of the items listed.

Our Library and reading room is open:
Monday – Friday 09.30 – 16.00, Wednesday 10.30 – 16.30.
An appointment is advisable.

August 2015

Archives

Dr Michael Harrison Collection

A collection of Industrial Archaeology photographs, comprising digital and hard-copy slides and photos of sites in the United Kingdom and beyond, accompanied by associated indices produced and/or compiled by Dr Michael Harrison. Date range: 1980-2011: C608834

The photographs are arranged under the following categories:

• Agriculture & Estates 
• Aviation 
• Black Country Museum 
• Brewing 
• Brick & Tiles 
• Bridges 
• Buses 
• Canals & Waterways 
• Cars & Motorcycles 
• Cement 
• Ceramics & Pottery 
• Chemical & Petrochemicals 
• Clay 
• Coal 
• Copper 
• Craft 
• Cranes, Earthmovers etc. 
• Daily Living 
• Dams & Reservoirs 
• Docks 
• Domestic 
• Electricity 
• Factories & Engineering 
• Ffestiniog Railway 
• Food 
• Gas 
• Gold 
• Health 
• Housing & Buildings 
• Iron & Steel 
• Lead 
• Leather 
• Lime 
• Lorries & Vans 
• Machine Tools & Machines 
• Metals 
• Military 
• Paper & Paper Projects 
• Printing 
• Railways – Building & Engineering 
• Railways – Locomotives 
• Railways – Carriages & Wagons 
• Rheidol Railway 
• Roads 
• Sand & Gravel 
• Severn Valley Railway 
• Sewage & Drainage 
• Ships & Boats 
• Shops 
• Silver 
• Slate 
• Social & Cultural 
• Stationary Engines 
• Steam & IC Rollers 
• Steam Traction Engines 
• Steam Wagons 
• Stone 
• Talyllyn Railway 
• Textiles 
• Timber and Woodwork 
• Tin 
• Tractors 
• Trams 
• Watermills & Pumps 
• Waterwheels & Water Pumps 
• Waterworks 
• Welshpool Railway 
• Windmills & Windpumps 

RCAHMW Digital Survey
Still taken from the animation of the Denbigh Town Hall model highlighting the phasing – Phase II, from an RCAHMW digital survey carried out by Susan Fielding, 04/08/2005 to 21/09/2005, as part of the Denbigh Town Heritage Initiative: C608743

Still taken from the animation of the Denbigh Town Hall model – phase II, refDCH45, C608743

NMR Site Files

• Measured drawings comprising, plan, elevation, section and detail, carried out by Geoff Ward, Aril 1990: C608824 
• Black and white photo survey of Pen-pont-pren produced by Geoff Ward, April 1990: C608825 
• Photo survey showing the Valley Road Overbridge, near Pont Nant Lawrog, Clydach, on the Swansea Canal: C609176 
• 8 small b/w photos showing the unerside of arch of bridge 'tunnel' below 'mond' lock, Valley Road Overbridge, near Pont Nant Lawrog, Clydach, on the Swansea Canal. Negatives held: C609181 
• 12 b/w photos of Clydach Upper Forge and dam. Some of the prints have been grouped to make a composite image. Negatives held: C609173 
• 5 b/w photos of Clydach Upper Feeder Weir and Forge Fach Falls. Negatives held: C609174 
• One colour photo showing Cwm, Cwm Peris, taken by Geoff Ward, 2002: C608742 
• Photo survey showing the Clydach Bridge, Lock No. 6, on the Swansea Canal: C602757 
• Photo survey showing the Valley Road Overbridge, near Pont Nant Lawrog, Clydach, on the Swansea Canal: C609176 
• One b/w print showing elevation from east of Railway viaduct across the Swansea Canal at Mount Pleasant: C609182 
• Image of Landore Viaduct taken by RCAHMW, 1981: C609216 

National Trust Archaeological Survey

• Bryn Eithin, Ysbyty Estate (SH85SW) - undated report on Landscape and Land Use Survey for the above National Trust Farm and 164 acres of land attached: C609184 
• Ty'n y Coed Isaf Farmstead, (SH85SW) - Landscape Survey by Sheila Jones and Garry Somers for the National Trust, February 1993: C609185 
• Pant-y-Maen (SH85SW), Landscape Survey by Sheila Jones and Garry Somers for the National Trust, March 1993: C609187 
• Yr Ysgwyfraith Estate, Landscape Survey by Sheila Jones and Garry Somers for the National Trust, March 1993: C609188 
• Dolwen, (SN4661) the Llanerchaeron Estate, Vernacular Building Report by Nicky Evans (site archaeologist) and Martin Davies (building supervisor), April 1999, for the National Trust: C609190 
• Alltwen, The Llanerchaeron Estate, Vernacular Building Report by Nicky Evans (site archaeologist) and Martin Davies (building supervisor), April 1999, for the National Trust: C609191 
• Wig-wen-Fach, The Llanerchaeron Estate, Vernacular Building Report by Nicky Evans (site archaeologist) and Martin Davies (building supervisor), May 1999, for the National Trust: C609192 
• Report entitled 'The Archaeology and Landscape History of Ceredigion, considering the Aeron Valley in general and the Llanerchaeron Estate in particular' by Nicky Evans (site archaeologist), June 1998, for the National Trust: C609193 
• The Llanerchaeron Estate Building Survey, Volume II - The Service Courtyard and ancillary buildings, report by Nicky Evans (site archaeologist), 1999, for the National Trust: C609196 
• The Llanerchaeron Estate Building Survey, Volume III - The Home Farm Buildings and additional buildings in and around the estate, report by Nicky Evans (site archaeologist), 1999, for the National Trust: C609198 

Investigators' Digital Photography

• Digital photograph of St Non’s church, Maenclochog: C609171 
• Digital photographs of the Borough Pharmacy, Monmouth: C608673 

Borough Pharmacy, Monmouth, ref: DS2015_175_002, C608673

RCAHMW Digital Survey Collection
Archive relating to a revision of an RCAHMW digital survey of Mynydd Rhiw Landscape: C608735

C.H. Houlder Collection
Nine CBA County Petrology Key Maps, collated by Christopher Houlder between 1950-1985: C609097

Welsh Slate Publication Collection
Set of images loaned for use in the RCAHMW volume Welsh Slate: C609189
Electronic versions of RCAHMW volumes Welsh Slate and Llechi Cymru: C609194

Vernon D. Emmanuel Collection

Additional digital photographs of the following sites:

• Stanley’s Pit, Pembrey: C608952
• Ffladau colliery, Pontycymmer: C608955
• Gomers level, Tredegar: C608956
• Pembrey: C608971
• Merthyr Vale colliery: C609202
• Tirpentwys colliery: C609211
• New Lodge level, Burry Port: C609204
• Glamorgan Colliery, Llwynypia: C608973
• Newport and Abercarn colliery, Abercarn: C608974
• Morfa Colliery, Taibach: C608980
• Nantgwyn Naval Colliery: C608984
• Porthdafen Colliery: C608986
• Penlan Colliery, Killan: C608987
• Brynlliw Colliery: C608988
• Pochin Colliery: C608989
• Rose Heyworth colliery and baths: C608990
• Rockwood colliery, Taffs Well: C608975
• Prince of Wales colliery, Abercarn: C608993
• Sylen colliery: C609003
• Graigside Taffs Well colliery old level: C609014
• Great Mountain Colliery, Tumble: C608954

Digital photograph showing Stan Williams and Fred Roberts with wagon at Great Mountain colliery, Tumble, taken 1953, ref: VDE_04_02_215, C608954

• 
  Capel y Babell chapel, Ynys-Ddu: C609019
• Berea chapel, Blaina: C609020
• Bethany chapel, Burry Port: C609022
• Pontfaen chapel, Brynbont: C609023
• Hebron Baptist chapel, Saundersfoot: C609025
• Saron chapel, Gendros: C609026
• Tabor chapel, Llansaint: C609028
• Fronwen chapel, Llanarth: C609030
• Zoar chapel, Castell-y-bwlch, Henllys: C609033
• Bethania chapel, Troedrhiwgwair: C609038
• Capel Erbach ruins, Porthyrhyd: C609039
• Elizabeth Row, Abersychan: C609199
• Llantarnam Junction and signal box: C609200
• Estate workers at Llanover Court: C609201
• North Dock, Llanelli: C609205
• Burry Port and Gwendraeth railway: C609206
• Weavers Flour Mill, Victoria Wharf, Swansea: C609209
• Unlocated mill at Abersychan: C609210
• Housing at Troedrhiwfuwch: C609212
• Whitford Point lighthouse: C609214

Archaeological Reports/Evaluations (non Trust)
Castle Earthwork SAM BR179 Completion Report prepared by AQB Historic Landscapes and deposited with NMRW as a condition of scheduled monument consent, 2015: C609096


Books

Nuclear Power, November 1959, Volume 4, No. 43. Rowse Muir Publications, London. Special feature on Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station.

Cameron, H. and Lucas, J., 1969, Tripontium : first interim report on excavations by the Rugby Archaeological Society at Cave's Inn, near Rugby, grid reference SP 57, 535795, Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, Birmingham.

Church in Wales. Diocese of Llandaff, 1960, The Llandaff diocesan handbook, R. H. Johns Ltd, Newport.

Evans, Gareth and Hughes, Arnold (eds), 2014, Hanes Rhuthun: The History of Ruthin, Cymdeithas Hanes Ruthun, Ruthin.

Freke, D. J., 1984, Peel Castle Excavations : interim reports. 2nd interim report, St. Patrick's Isle Archaeological Trust, I.O.M.

Gaunt, David Martin, 1952, M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutio oratoria. Selections from the Latin text with digests of the intervening material, William Heinemann, London.

Gould, Jim, 1964, Letocetum, the name of the Roman settlement at Wall, Staffs., Transactions of the Lichfield and South Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society, Lichfield.

Gould, J., 1965, Excavations in advance of road construction at Shenstone and Wall (Staffordshire), Transactions of the Lichfield and South Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society, Lichfield.

Knight, H. H., 2015, Specimens of inlaid tiles, heraldic and geometrical from Neath Abbey, Glamorganshire (Facsimile), Gwasg Gomer.

Morgan, G. Lynn, 2014, A social topography of the commote of Caerwedros in Ceredigion within its regional context during the sixteenth century, BAR British series, 601, Archaeopress, Oxford.

Museumdirektor, 1980, Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum Technischer Kulturdenkmale Hagen : Landesmuseum für Technik- und Handwerksgeschichte Hagen, Beleke, Essen.

Musson, Chris, 1984, Archaeology in Trust: Clwyd and Powys: The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust: an Introduction, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, Welshpool.

Padfield, Tim, 2015, Copyright for archivists and records managers, Facet Publishing, London.

Pevsner, Nikolaus and Sambrook, John, 2010, Pevsner's architectural glossary, Yale University Press, London.

RCAHMW, 1959, Ancient Monuments of Central Caernarvonshire: Twelfth Interim Report, H.M.S.O.

RCAHMW, 1963 Ancient Monuments of West Caernarvonshire: Thirteenth Interim Report, H.M.S.O.

RCAHMW, 1976, Pre-Norman ancient monuments of Glamorgan: Fourteenth Interim Report, H.M.S.O.

RCAHMW, 1982, Medieval non-defensive secular monuments of Glamorgan: Sixteenth Interim Report, H.M.S.O.

Wakelin, Peter, 2006, Blaenavon Ironworks: and World Heritage Landscape, Cadw, Cardiff.

Williams, David H., 2014, The Tudor Cistercians, Gracewing, Leominster.

Journals

Antiquity vol. 89 no. 346 (August 2015)

British Archaeology no. 144 (Sept-Oct 2015)

BSI Update Standards (August 2015)

Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Yearbook and Directory no. 15 (2015) [current issue kept in Library, A6.3 IFA]

Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust Newsletter (Autumn 2014 and Spring 2015)

Current Archaeology no. 306 (Sept. 2015)

Industrial Archaeology Review vol. 37 no. 1 (May 2015)

Industrial Archaeology News nos. 172 and 173 (Spring and Summer 2015)

Pembrokeshire Life (August 2015)

Pen Cambria no. 29 (Summer 2015)

Planet no. 219 (Autumn 2015)

Railway and Canal Historical Society Bulletin no. 457 (Sept/Oct 2015)

Sheetlines no. 103 (August 2015)

Journals Current Awareness

British Archaeology no. 144, p. 11: note on the Historic Environment (Wales) bill

Current Archaeology no. 306, p. 21: ‘Welsh Slate: Chiselling through time’ by Christopher Catling

Pen Cambria no. 29, p. 38: Review of Welsh Slate; p. 39: ‘Roman life in Abermagwr: Villa finds go on display in Ceredigion Museum’

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Ceredigion,
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Fax: +44 (0)1970 627701
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