15-30 July, 2023 The Festival incorporates hundreds of in-person and virtual events delivered by community groups, heritage organisations, universities, commercial units, and more in-person and online across the UK. The theme for the 2023 festival is Archaeology and Creativity: celebrating the creative process at the heart of archaeology and exploring the creative practices that we …
Saturday 10th June 2023, 10.30 amHosted by the Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust https://abbeycwmhir.org/Philips Hall, Abbeycwmhir, LD1 6PHCost: £15 to cover refreshments and buffet lunch To book a place please send a cheque for £15 made out to CBA Wales to Kathy Laws, Afallon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd LL41 3RH and please let Kathy know of …
The Battle of Pilleth, 1402, was a great victory for the Welsh forces under Owain Glyndwr over those of the English forces of Edmund Mortimer. The story of this important battle, also known as the Battle of Bryn Glas, and its historical context is described in this book by Craig Owen Jones. The book, £7.99 …
REPORT OF RADNORSHIRE SOCIETY AGM LECTURE 2019 ( BY CLIVE BARRETT) This year\’s post AGM lecture “50 becomes 14: The Lost Elementary Schools of Radnorshire” was delivered by the Radnorshire Society\’s former Secretary and present Assistant Editor of The Transactions of the Radnorshire Society, Dr. Colin Hughes. In introducing the speaker Society President Robin Gibson-Watt …
Julian Ravest, addressing an audience of over 100, spoke about the use of drones in the photography of archaeological sites. The speaker briefly described the early history of aerial photography showing how the key concepts had been developed in the early years of the 20th century, huge strides being made during WW1. In particular, using …
The third Radnorshire Society lecture of the 2018 season took place at Llandewi Village Hall on Friday October 19. It followed the AGM of the Society\’s Field Section. The guest speaker was Joe Botting of Llandrindod Wells, who was introduced by the Society\’s Secretary Dr. Colin Hughes. His lecture was entitled “The Geology of Radnorshire”. …
Talk by Lloyd Lewis Lloyd has traced the history of Elan Valley farms and the families who lived in them from the time of Henry VIII until the start of the 20th Century. This important historical research forms the basis of his talk. at Carad, East St., Rhayader. on Tuesday 30th October at 7pm. Entrance …
Radnorshire Society Lecture Friday 19 October 2018 The Geology of Radnorshire by Dr Joe Botting 8.00 p.m: Village Hall, Llanddewi Ystradenni Admission free – all welcome
By John Cole and Michael Faraday This book, edited and published by Michael Faraday, is essentially a homage to John Cole who wrote many articles which have been published in the Transactions of our Society. Michael Faraday has compiled those articles into this book so that these important historical papers can be seen in one …
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Philip Hume, Secretary of the Mortimer History Society, started by giving a general overview of the genealogy of powerful Mortimer family and the way in which their power derived from some changing political and family relationships, In particular, the family married into the royal family and actually ruled the country for a short period. Both …