Ar Daith Dywys Sy’n Cyflwyno Cymeriad Trefol Cefn Mawr

14 Well Street, Cefn-Mawr
DS2011_230_001     NPRN: 413523

Ymunwch â Spencer Smith, Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru, ar daith dywys sy’n cyflwyno cymeriad trefol Cefn Mawr dydd Mercher 3 o Awst rhwng 12-2yh. Bydd y daith yn cychwyn o Gapel Ebeneser,Cefn Mawr. (Mae’r digwyddiad yn rhad ac am ddim, ond yn gyfyngedig i 20. Rhaid archebu ymlaen llaw os am sicrhau lle ar y daith, drwy ffonio 029 20 257075).


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A Walking Tour Exploring The Urban Character Of Cefn Mawr

14 Well Street, Cefn-Mawr
DS2011_230_001     NPRN: 413523

A walking tour exploring the urban character of Cefn Mawr, led by Spencer Smith from the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, will take place on Wednesday 3 August between 12-2pm. The walk will leave from Ebenezer Chapel in Cefn Mawr. (The event is free of charge but limited to 20. Places must be booked in advance to guarantee a place on the tour by calling 029 20 257075).


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Tai Gweithwyr Cymru

Tai gweithwyr Cymru - pwysigrwydd cofnodi’r tai hyn.
Digwyddiad yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Wrecsam a'r Fro

Dydd Mawrth, 2 Awst 2011 am 2 o’r gloch - Pabell y Cymdeithasau 2

Tai gweithwyr Cymru - pwysigrwydd cofnodi’r tai hyn.
Sgwrs gan Spencer Smith, Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru, ar bwysigrwydd gwaith y Comisiwn yn cofnodi tai gweithwyr Cymru.

Croeso i bawb

Hen-daid a hen-nain Spencer Smith ar garreg drws y tŷ yr oeddynt wedi’i adeiladu eu hunain yn y Rhos, Wrecsam.

Faint wyddoch chi am y tai lle ganed eich cyndeidiau?  Faint mae’r tai hyn wedi newid ers eu cyfnod hwy?  Wrth gofnodi tai gweithwyr Cymru, mae gwybodaeth wedi dod i’r amlwg ynghylch sut y newidiodd Cymru yn ystod y Chwyldro Diwydiannol yn ogystal â gwybodaeth ynghylch sut yr oedd teuluoedd yn adeiladu eu tai eu hunain.

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Welsh Workers' Housing

Welsh workers' housing – the importance of recording these houses.

Event at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Wrexham and District

Tuesday 2 August 2011 at 2pm - Pabell y Cymdeithasau 2 

Spencer Smith, Royal Commission, will be delivering a talk on the importance of recording the houses of Wales’s industrial workers ‘Tai gweithwyr Cymru - pwysigrwydd cofnodi’r tai hyn’.

A warm welcome to you all.

Spencer Smith’s great-grandfather and great-grandmother on the doorstep of the house they built for themselves in Rhos, Wrexham.

How much do you know about the houses where your forefathers were born? How much have these houses changed since then?  The recording of Welsh workers’ housing has brought to light information about how Wales changed during the Industrial Revolution and also about how families would build their own homes.


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Comisiwn Brenhinol Diwrnod Agored Manylion

Diwrnod Agored
Dydd Mercher 27 Gorffennaf 2011
11:00 - 19:00
yn Adeilad y Goron, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth

• Arddangosiadau, sgyrsiau a theithiau
• Archaeoleg, pensaernïaeth a hanes lleol
• Lluniau, mapiau a darluniau
• Gweithgareddau i blant

Teithiau tywys
Taith o amgylch yr Hen Goleg a’i gyffiniau
11:30 / 15:00 - Richard Suggett

Ymweliad â’r archif - golwg tu ôl i’r llenni
12:00 / 13:45 / 15:15
Rhaid archebu lle ar y teithiau

Sgyrsiau
13:00 Toby Driver: Archaeoleg o’r Awyr yng Nghymru
14:30 Stephen Hughes: Capeli Cymru: Pensaernïaeth a Phenseiri
16:00 Gareth Edwards: Casgliadau Cofnod Henebion Cenedlaethol Cymru
17:30 Peter Wakelin: Safleoedd Treftadaeth Byd

Arddangosiadau drwy gydol y dydd
• Defnyddio awyrluniau
• Ffotograffiaeth ymchwiliol
• Modelu digidol 3D
• Ymchwilio archaeolegol a arforol
• Coflein - darganfod ein gorffennol ar-lein
• Casgliad y Werin Cymru

Mae’r holl ddigwyddiadau am ddim.
I gael gwybod rhagor ac archebu lle, cysylltwch â:
Ffôn: 01970 621200 / e-bost: chc.cymru@cbhc.gov.uk

Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru
Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 1NJ

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Royal Commission Open Day Details

Open Day
Wednesday 27 July 2011
11:00 - 19:00
at Crown Building, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth

• Demonstrations, talks and tours
• Archaeology, architecture and local history
• Photos, maps and drawings
• Children’s activities

Guided tours
Tour of Old College and its setting
11:30 / 15:00 - Richard Suggett

Visit the archive - a look behind the scenes
12:00 / 13:45 / 15:15
Booking essential for tours

Talks
13:00 Toby Driver: Aerial Archaeology in Wales
14:30 Stephen Hughes: Welsh Chapels: Architecture and Architects
16:00 Gareth Edwards: Collections of the National Monuments Record of Wales
17:30 Peter Wakelin: World Heritage Sites

Demonstrations throughout the day
• Using aerial photography
• Investigative photography
• 3D digital modelling
• Archaeological and maritime investigation
• Coflein - discovering our past online
• People’s Collection Wales

All the events are free.
For further information and bookings please contact:
Tel: 01970 621200 / e-mail: nmr.wales@rcahmw.gov.uk

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 1NJ

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Royal Commission Open Day 27 July 2011

An early photograph c.1870 of Old College, Aberystwyth, then incorporating Castle House (demolished 1897), a marine villa designed by John Nash and completed in 1794. It was the first explicitly Picturesque house in Britain.
DI2011_0299   NPRN 23303

Come along and find out all about the work of the Royal Commission on Wednesday 27 July. In a day packed with guided tours, interesting talks, demonstrations and planned children’s activities, everyone will have the opportunity to chat with staff and discover the wealth of heritage material held in the National Monuments Record of Wales. Highlights include a guided walking tour of the Old College in Aberystwyth with survey investigator and popular historian Richard Suggett and behind the scenes tours of the archives. There are talks on Aerial Archaeology, Welsh Chapels, the Collections of the National Monuments Record of Wales and World Heritage Sites. All the events are free and everyone is welcome.

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Royal Welsh Showground Visitors Enjoying Images Of Caernarfonshire

Showground-visitors to the Royal Commission's stand viewing exhibition panels.

On Monday 18 July many people visited the Royal Commission stall at the Royal Welsh Show. Throughout the day, showground-visitors came and viewed the eighteen large exhibition panels, especially created for this year’s show and based on the host county of Caernarfonshire. From stunning aerial photographs of historic landscapes and industrial sites to reconstruction drawings of houses and cottages these illustrate the huge range of images available in the National Monuments Record at the Royal Commission. Many of these images are available on Coflein, our online database www.coflein.gov.uk


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300 Visitors Joined Royal Commission Staff At The Abermagwr Open Day

Visitors enjoying Toby Driver’s informative talk and a rare break from the rain!

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 Commission archaeologist Toby Driver in a most enthustically presented tour of the partially excavated Romano-British villa where questions surrounding this amazing discovery were answered. Many children seized the opportunity to dig in the carefully prepared children’s trench running alongside the site of the villa. Here a number of interesting items were unearthed, including fragments of medieval pottery and some nineteenth-century porcelain. On the site of the villa itself numerous pieces of earthenware including a late Roman Black-burnished ware cooking pot from Dorset, Roman coins and even a gold bead have been found as well as many of the distinctive pentagonal stone tiles which are thought to have roofed this substantial estate-villa. Many of the exhibits are currently on show in the Ceredigion Museum.

Two enthusiastic young archaeologists proudly displaying their finds.

Further Abermagwr Links:
4th Century Roman Villa Discovered In Wales
Investigating a probable Roman villa near Aberystwyth
Rediscovering a Roman villa in mid Wales
Archaeologists Return To Abermagwr Roman Villa For New Excavation

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Royal Welsh Show - 2011 - Find Out More About The Work Of Royal Commission

Bardsey Island 3D landscape

This week come and visit us at the Royal Welsh Show and find out more about the work of Royal Commission and meet the staff. Our exhibition this year includes many fascinating and unique images from our national archive and many are drawn from this year's Royal Welsh host county, Caernarfonshire. Some illustrate our specialist work on the slate industry and chapels, and others our successful ongoing partnerships with other bodies. Come and learn how to access our online information facility Coflein and discover the archaeology of your farm or view images of your local area. Staff will be on-hand all day to answer your questions. 

At 2pm on Tuesday, Royal Commission 3D-landscape expert Tom Pert will be giving a talk entitled "Casgliad y Werin Cymru/People's Collection Wales- creating Wales in a website". This will focus on the huge array of digital 3D images, created through new technology and now available for everyone to view through the People's Collection Wales www.peoplescollectionwales.co.uk . Everyone is welcome, so do please do come along and meet us all.

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Bardsey Island Important Place Of Pilgrimage In The Middle Ages

Ynys Enlli / Bardsey Island
GTJ00234   NPRN 402783

Mae Ynys Enlli bron i ddwy filltir y tu hwnt i ben draw Llŷn. Mae yno bron 450 o aceri ac anheddiad o ryw ddeuddeg i bymtheg o dai. Arferai’r ynys fod yn gyrchfan bwysig i bererinion ac yn safle mynachlog drwy gydol yr Oesoedd Canol. Ychydig o’r fynachlog sydd i’w weld heblaw adfeilion y tŵr. Rhwng 1870 a 1875 fe ailgodwyd y ffermydd ac maent yn enghreifftiau diddorol o gynllunio amaethyddol. Cynlluniwyd y goleudy gan Joseph Nelson a chwblhawyd ei godi yn 1821.

The island of Bardsey, or Ynys Enlli, lies nearly two miles off the extreme west end of Llŷn. The total area is nearly 450 acres with a settlement of twelve to fifteen houses. The island was an important place of pilgrimage and monastic settlement throughout the middle ages. Apart from a ruined tower, little remains visible of the monastery. Between 1870 and 1875 the farms were rebuilt and are interesting examples of agricultural planning. The prominent lighthouse designed by Joseph Nelson was completed in 1821.

Related Bardsey Island blog link:
Bardsey Island & Its Remarkable History


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