The Druids’ Sacrifice: Discovering Iron Age Wales on Military Land By Richard Osgood (Senior Archaeologist, Defence Infrastructure Organisation) Online via Zoom: Thursday 4th December at 7.00 pm This is a members-only event. Joining details will be emailed to members closer to the time. In the Second World War military training needs saw Castlemartin in Read more about Cambrians’ Christmas Lecture 2025[…]
The 172nd Annual General Meeting of The Cambrian Archaeological Association/Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cymru will be held via Zoom at 7.30 pm, Thursday 13 November 2025. Joining details will be emailed to members nearer the time. The Minutes of the 2024 AGM, the Agenda for 2025 and the 2024 Trustees Annual Report and Accounts can be Read more about Annual General Meeting – 7.30 pm, Thursday 13th November 2025[…]
Come and join us on our Walks and Talks Programme for 2025, free of charge, guided by experts who will lead you around a selection of walks in different areas of Wales, covering many different periods and types of historic and archaeological sites. Saturday 6th September 2025: Llanmelin Hillfort and Gray Hill Stone Circle, Read more about Walks and Talks Part Two 2025 : September to November[…]
Come and join us on our Walks and Talks Programme for 2025, free of charge, guided by experts who will lead you around a selection of walks in different areas of Wales, covering many different periods and types of historic and archaeological sites. A second tranche of walks will be published on the CAA website Read more about Walks and Talks Part One 2025 : May to August[…]
CAA Eisteddfod Lecture 16.30 Wednesday 6th August, 2025 (by Ann Parry Owen). Join us for our annual Welsh-language lecture on the Maes at Wrexham on the fascinating word-lists created in 1632͏-3 by the manuscript copier John Jones of Gellilyfdy, Flintshire, whilst he was incarcerated as a debtor in the Fleet Prison, London.
The Historic Gardens of North Wales This week of tours around NW Wales will be based at the University Halls in Bangor (accessible by train) which will supply full board and picnics. Non-residents are welcome. Please check your newsletter. If you have lost it, check on the web: www.cambrians.org.uk You can send money electronically or Read more about Summer Meeting: Sunday 29th June – Friday 4th July, 2025[…]
The Historic Pottery Industries of South Wales This year our theme is the historic pottery and porcelain industries of south Wales and will include visits to museums and working potteries. Join us and see some wonderful collections! Like the summer meeting, this year’s autumn meeting will have a theme, in this case the ceramics Read more about Autumn Meeting: Friday 19th – Sunday 21st September, 2025[…]
A recording and report of this talk is now available in the Talks section of our website. Dear Cambrians We are delighted to announce our 2024 Cambrian Christmas Lecture, which will take place online (Zoom) on Wednesday 11 December at 7 pm, and will be given by Michael Freeman. Michael will be talking about Read more about Christmas Lecture for 2024 – 7pm on 11th December[…]
Over an autumn weekend at the end of September a group of Cambrians explored a less well known corner of Wales. Staying in the centre of Wrexham in the Wynnstay Arms hotel we studiously avoided Wrexham football ground which is what the town seems to be best known for today. The group assembled on the Read more about Cambrians Wrexham Tour September 27th to 29th, 2024[…]
The second tranche of Cambrian Archaeological Association Walks and Talks will take place in August and September when we will be guiding walks in different areas of Wales, exploring a variety of historic landscapes dating from prehistory to early modern. These are free of charge and open to all. Come and join us by booking Read more about Walks and Talks 2024 – Part Two: August to October[…]