Llantwit Major and Cowbridge A Study Of The Historic Domestic Architecture

Llantwit Major and Cowbridge
A Study Of The Historic Domestic Architecture

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

Llantwit Major and Cowbridge - A Study Of The Historic Domestic Architecture
By Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
ISBN: 1871184045
Published 1989 - Out of Print

Periant Arbrofol Codi Cwch Camlas Edward Rowland a Exuperius Pickering o 1794 Edward Rowland and Exuperius Pickering Experimental Boat Lift Machine of 1794

Mae ymchwilydd Comisiwn Brehinol Prosiect Atlanterra Spencer yn gweithio yn Cefn Mawr, Bwrdeisdref Sirol Wrecsam, yn chwilio am olion periant codi cwch camlas o’r 18fed ganrif yn agos i Traphont Pontcysyllte. Treialwyd nifer o cynlluniau periannau codi cwch camlas yn ystod diwedd y 18fed ganrif yn ystod cynfod ‘Canal Mania’ a talodd dau dyn busnes lleol, Edward Rowland a Exuperius Pickering costau adeiladu un o’r periannau yma, oedd am fod yn rhan o estyniad gorllewinol Camlas Ellesmere i’r gogledd o Traphont Pontcysyllte. Er i’r periant gweithio yn llwyddianus, ni chafodd yr estyniad gorllewinol ei adeiladu a tynnwyd y periant yn ddarnau. Ymwelodd nifer o beriannwyr sifil nodedig, yn cynwys John Rennie a cynorthwyydd James Watt, James Southern, i wylio y periant yn gweithio, ond yn anfodus, sgwenodd neb i lawr yn union lle adeiadwyd y periant.Mae ddau safle wahanol wedi cael ei awgrymu gan ymchilwyr hanes lleol a mae gwaith yn cael ei cynal i edrych ar y safleoedd yma i ceisio dod o hyd i tystiolaeth archaeolegol safle y peiriant codi cwch camlas.

Houses of the Welsh Countryside 2nd Edition

Houses of the Welsh Countryside
2nd Edition
Cover: Burfa (Evenjobb, Radnorshire)

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

Houses of the Welsh Countryside Ed. II
By Peter Smith
ISBN: 011300012X
Published 1988 - Out of Print

Houses of the Welsh Countryside A Study In Historical Geography

Houses of the Welsh Countryside
A Study In Historical Geography

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

Houses of the Welsh Countryside - A study in historical geography
By Peter Smith
Published 1975 - Out of print

The Brecon Forest Tramroads - Archaeology of an Early Railway System

The Brecon Forest Tramroads
The Archaeology of an Early Railway System

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

This title is now out of print, but is available as an eBook.
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The Brecon Forest Tramroads - The Archaeology of an Early Railway System
By Stephen Hughes
Published 1990.

Review of Contents
The structures discovered on the Brecon Forest Tramroads illustrate the beginnings of modern railway practice. This first detailed srchaeological study of a railway illuminates parallels located elsewhere in Britain. Developments that were to be of world importance.

Did iron railway bridges exist before George Stephenson? This book shows that such bridges were built in south Wales thirty years before the construction of Stephenson's Gaunless Viaduct on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and explains where to see these bridges today. Numerous stone viaducts, bridges and causeways were built over gorges. Monumental building existed years before the Euston Arch. Even the foundations of American Industrial might were laid here.


Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• The Planning and Construction of the Railways
• The Use and Local Impact of the Railways
• The Engineering of the Lines
• Rolling Stock, Buildings and Equipment
• The Railway Route
• Bibliography and Abbreviations
• Appendices
• Early Railway Sites in Wales
• Index 

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Aerofilms Historic Aerial Photography Collection

Awyrlun, a dynnwyd gan Aerofilms ym 1929, o Ddociau Caerdydd.
Dyma safle Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru a Senedd y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol erbyn hyn.

Aerial view of Cardiff Docks taken by Aerofilms in 1929.
The site is now occupied by the Wales Millennium Centre and the Senedd of the National Assembly for Wales.
D12006_0742     NPRN: 91412

Yr ydym wrthi’n datblygu prosiect gydag English Heritage a Chomisiwn Brenhinol Henebion yr Alban i drefnu i Gasgliad Aerofilms o awyrluniau fod yn hygyrch drwy sicrhau ei gadwraeth, ei gatalogio a rhoi’r delweddau ar-lein. Os hoffech gael y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf yn gyson am y prosiect hwn, anfonwch e-bost i aerofilms@english-heritage.org.uk gan ofyn am gael ymuno â’r rhestr bostio a byddwn ni’n anfon newyddion a gwybodaeth atoch drwy e-bost o dro i dro. Ni chaiff y cyfeiriad e-bost a roddwch fel hyn mo’i ddefnyddio at unrhyw ddiben arall.

We are developing a project with English Heritage and RCAHMS to make the Aerofilms Collection of aerial photography accessible by conserving it, cataloguing it and putting the images online. If you would you like to be kept up-to-date with this project, please send an e-mail to aerofilms@english-heritage.org.uk asking to join the mailing list and we will occasionally send you news and information by e-mail. Your e-mail address given in this way won't be used for any other purpose.

Related Aerofilms Link:
Casgliad Aerofilms
The Aerofilms Collection

• Aerofilms Collection Project News

Prydain o’r Awyr - Awyrluniau Prin a Bregus o Gasgliad Aerofilms Wedi’u Diogelu
25/06/2012 Mae’r wefan www.britainfromabove.org.uk/cy ar gael i’w defnyddio am ddim yn awr, felly mewngofnodwch i weld beth y gallwch ei ddarganfod.

Britain From Above - Rare and Fragile Aerial Photos from Aerofims Collection Conserved
25/06/12 The website www.britainfromabove.org.uk is free and available to use now, so log in and see what you can discover. 

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The Chirk Aqueduct

Golwg o’r dwyrain ac o waelod Dyffryn Ceiriog ar fwâu trawiadol
Traphont Ddŵr y Waun.

The imposing arches of the Chirk Aqueduct seen from the bottom of the
Ceiriog Valley to the east.
DS2007_032_005     NPRN: 344016

Traphont Ddŵr y Waun
Bwriad gwreiddiol Thomas Telford a William Jessop oedd i’r draphont ddŵr fod yn un gymharol fach ac iddi groesi darn bach o’r dyffryn dros Afon Ceiriog. Y bwriad hefyd oedd defnyddio cerrig a chlai pwdlo i’w chodi hi yn y ffordd draddodiadol a chodi arglawdd enfawr o bridd i gario’r gamlas ar draws gweddill y rhannau o’r dyffryn. Rhoes Richard Myddleton o Gastell y Waun ergyd farwol i’r cynnig hwnnw drwy ddadlau y byddai’n difetha golwg Dyffryn Ceiriog. Yr ymateb cychwynnol i hynny oedd symud y draphont i fyny’r afon i fan lle y gwnâi hi lai o ddrwg i olwg y dirwedd. Ond pan gafwyd gwybod bod problemau wedi codi wrth ddefnyddio cyfuniad o bridd a chlai pwdlo i godi traphontydd yn Swydd Derby, gorchmynnodd William Jessop fod rhaid ailystyried y cynllun o’r bôn i’r brig.


The Chirk Aqueduct
Thomas Telford and William Jessop originally planned for the aqueduct to be a relatively small affair spanning a short section of the valley over the River Ceiriog, and traditionally built with stone and puddle-clay. The canal would then have been carried across the remaining sections of the valley along a huge earthwork embankment. This proposal was vetoed by Richard Myddleton of Chirk Castle, on the grounds that the Ceiriog Valley would be aesthetically ruined. The initial response was to move the aqueduct upstream where it would be less intrusive on the landscape, but when structural problems started occurring on other aqueducts in Derbyshire which had been built using this combination of earthworks and puddle-clay based aqueducts, William Jessop ordered a complete reassessment of the project.

Read full article:
Traphont Ddŵr y Waun
The Chirk Aqueduct


Related Pontcysyllte Blog Links:

• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct & Canal - Historical Background
• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct & Canal: Nomination as a World Heritage Site
• International Transport & the Significance of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Llangollen Canal (Industrial Patrimony 18)
• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct World Heritage Site

Coflein - the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW)
Chirk Aqueduct Site Details
Chirk Aqueduct Online Images
Chirk Aqueduct Associated Collection Records

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The Archaeology Of The Montgomeryshire Canal - A Guide & Study In Waterways Archaeology

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal - A guide and study in Waterways Archaeology
By Stephen Hughes
Published 1988 - Out of print
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Bryngaer Pen Dinas Hill-fort - A Prehistoric Fortress at Aberystwyth

Bryngaer Pen Dinas Hill-fort
A Prehistoric Fortress at Aberystwyth

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop.

This title is now out of print, but is available as an eBook.
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Bryngaer Pen Dinas Hill-fort - A Prehistoric Fortress at Aberystwyth
By David Browne & Toby Driver
Published 2001.

Review of Contents
Mae bryn Pendinas yn amlwg iawn ar arfordir Ceredigion, ac ar ei ddau gopa mae un o'r bryngeyrydd mwyaf o'r Oes Haearn yng Nghymru gyfan. Fe'i codwyd dros ddwy fil i flynyddoedd yn ôl i amddiffyn a rheoli'r dirwedd gynhanesyddol sy'n amgylchynu Aberystwyth heddiw. Mae'r llyfr hwn yn adrodd hanes y fryngaer ac yn disgrifio'i lle yng nghynhanes Cymru drwy gyfrwng ffotograffau, mapiau a chynlluniau o archifau cyhoeddus Cofnod Henebion Cenedlaethol Cymru, Aberystwyth.

The hill of Pen Dinas is a well-known landmark of the Ceredigion coast. Its twin summits are crowned by one of the largest Iron Age hill-forts in Wales, built over two thousand years ago to protect and control the prehistoric landscape surrounding present-day Aberystwyth. This book tells the story of the hill-fort and its place in the prehistory of Wales through photographs, maps and plans from the public archives of the National Monuments Record of Wales.

Cynnwys
Contents

• Rhagymadrodd
• Introduction
• Y cefndir daearyddol a hanesyddol
• The geographical and historical setting
• Hanes y fryngaer
• The story of the hill-fort
• Taith fer o amgylch caer y de
• A short tour of the south fort
• Darganfod rhagor
• Finding out more
• Safleoedd I ymweld â hwy
• Sites to visit
• Darllen pellach
• Further reading

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Thomas Thomas, 1817-88: The First National Architect Of Wales

Thomas Thomas, 1817-88:
the first national architect of Wales

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

Thomas Thomas, 1817-88: the first national architect of Wales
By Stephen Hughes
Reprinted from Archaeologia Cambrensis 152 (2003)
Published 2006 - Out of print

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Cardigan Castle Transformation

A undated black and white copy of an etching by Metcalf, showing Cardigan Castle
with the bridge and sailing ship in the foreground.
DI2009_0720     NPRN: 92314

The finishing touches are being put to a £4.5m lottery bid to transform the 12th century Cardigan Castle.

Related Cardigan Castle News Link:
Finishing touches put to Cardigan Castle £4.5m bid

Site Description
There are substantial remains of the the castle known to have been rebuilt in 1240 and ordered to be demolished in 1645. Find out more about Cardigan Castle.


Coflein - the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW)
Cardigan Castle Site Details
Cardigan Castle Associated Sites
Cardigan Castle Online Images
Cardigan Castle Associated Collection Records

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The Archaeology of Skomer Island

Skomer Island
DI2007_0343     NPRN 402711

Royal Commission investigators Louise and Toby, have just been on a visit to Skomer Island situated off the coast of Pembrokeshire. This wonderful place is principally famed for its wildlife, however, its archaeology is equally as stunning and features one of the best preserved prehistoric landscapes to be found in Wales, if not Britain. Covering the Island are a series of field boundaries together with cairns and settlements of the Prehistoric population that once lived here. Whilst the majority of archaeological remains on the Island date to Prehistory, there are some that relate to the later post-medieval use of the island as a farm. One of the most interesting new features we saw yesterday was a steep ramp and track that has been cut into cliff edge on the Neck. This is where cattle would have been driven on their arrival to the Island. The  amazing thing about this is that in recent history cattle were swum to Skomer and Skokholm from mainland beaches, a remarkable agricultural ritual given hazardous tides and currents in these coastal waters.

   

Skomer Island field systems
DI2006_1191     NPRN 24369

You can find out more about the archaeology and look at some fantastic aerial photographs of the Island here:
Settlements and Field Systems Skomer Island Coflein Link

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Mynydd Du and Fforest Fawr - The Evolution of an Upland Landscape in South Wales

Mynydd Du and Fforest Fawr
The Evolution of an Upland Landscape in South Wales
Cover: Llyn y Fan Fach and Mynydd Du

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

Mynydd Du and Fforest Fawr - The Evolution of an Upland Landscape in South Wales
By David K. Leighton
Published 1997 - Out of print

Reviews for The Welsh Cottage

Impressive reviews have started to appear for the Commission’s latest book, The Welsh Cottage by Eurwyn Wiliam (also published in Welsh as Y Bwthyn Cymreig).

The review by the magazine British Archaeology concludes, ‘Anyone with the slightest interest in architecture or rural history would be delighted with this sumptuous, scholarly, and rather humbling study.’

Richard Porch writes in Planet, ‘This is a brilliantly organised book that uses an astutely chosen mixture of photographs, plans and archive material to reactivate the lost world of the rural poor in Wales during the period 1750-1900. It is a book as much for the lay-reader as the specialist; the social as well as the architectural historian... written in an accessible style which belies the great scholarship and learning behind it.’

A ‘really impressed’ anonymous reviewer on Amazon gives the book five stars and explains, ‘I am finding this book particularly helpful in understanding the history of my home’.

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Y Bwthyn Cymreig 

The Welsh Cottage

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Geophysics Reveal Large Roman Building

Aerial view of Caerleon Roman Barracks
AP_2004_0326     NPRN 95647

Archaeology students learning how to use geophysical mapping equipment have stumbled across the site of large Roman buildings on the banks of the river Usk in Caerleon, Wales.

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Read more: Roman fortress Caerleon gives up new treasures to archaeology students www.guardian.co.uk
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The Archaeology Of The Welsh Uplands

The Archaeology Of The Welsh Uplands
Cover: Cadair Idris, Gwynedd

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop.

This title is now out of print, but is available as an eBook.
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The Archaeology Of The Welsh Uplands
Edited by David Browne & Stephen Hughes
Published 2003.

Review of Contents
This book illustrates how important the uplands archaeology of Wales is as a resource for understanding the rich history of the country and for the future development of its society and economy.
    It presents the results of Uplands Initiative surveys, chronological and thematic overviews, and outlines the pratical benefits for rural economies to be gained by the sympathetic exploitation of the archaeological resource.

Contents

• Forward
• The archaeology of the Welsh Uplands: An introduction
• Themes & Chronologies
•     The Uplands during the prehistoric and Roman periods
•     Upland Archaeology in the medieval and post-medieval periods
•     Industrial activity
• Case Studies
•     The Blaenafon uplands landscape
•     Mynydd y Ffynnon: Cwmystwyth and Eisteddfa Gurig
•     Moel Bronymiod
•     Y Berwyn
•     Mynydd Epynt: Rediscovering an abandoned farming landscape
• The economic potential of the upland heritage
• The economics of cultural landscapes
• Site preservation and management
• The Achievements and fuure of the Uplands Initiative
• An illustrated guide to common field monuments
• Uplands Bibliography
• Index

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Roman Fort In South Wales Unearthed

Aerial view of Caerleon Amphitheatre
DI2007_1124     NPRN 95650

New discovery of Roman occupation in Monmouth as work on a gas main is carried out. Steve Clarke of Monmouth Archaeology found evidence of a Roman fort in Monmouth, including hundreds of items including pottery and bones which confirms a fort, believed to be the oldest in Wales, existed in AD55, capable of holding some 2,000 troops. It is thought to have been part of a system of forts founded as the Roman invasion advanced into South Wales.

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Read more: Roman fort unearthed in Monmouth www.freepressseries.co.uk
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Wales from the Air - Patterns of Past and Present

Wales from the Air
Patterns of Past and Present

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop.  

Wales from the Air - Patterns of Past and Present
By Chris Musson
Published 1994 - Out of print

RSPB Use Coflein To Discover Heathland Treasures

CAER-Y-TWR - A large and massively walled hillfort
crowns the summit of Holyhead Mountain.
AP_2005_0245     NPRN: 93839

RSPB use Coflein to discover heathland treasures, and to seek hidden traces of the past.
The RSPB in a recent post about the Archaeology at South Stack Reserve, have used Coflein to illustrate the hidden treasures visitors will see through links to Coflein and its birds-eye aerial photos and site descriptions of archaeological sites.

Related RSPB Link:
Not Just Birds! Discover some Amazing Archaeology at South Stack Reserve on Your Next Visit…

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An Architectural Study - Newport Castle (Pembrokeshire)

An Architectural Study
Newport Castle (Pembrokeshire)

In its first century, the Royal Commission has produced more than 55 major publications. These have already made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, and many more books are in the pipeline. All of the publications are available in public and institutional libraries throughout Wales as well as in the Commission’s library and archive search room in Aberystwyth. Books still available for sale are listed in the Bookshop. 

An Architectural Study, Newport Castle  (Pembrokeshire)
By David M. Browne and David Percival with A. J. Parkinson
Published 1992 - Out of print