Our foremost historian of the Middle Ages, Professor Huw Pryce, will deliver the Cambrian Archaeological Association’s annual lecture at the National Eisteddfod in Boduan at 4.30 on Wednesday 9 August in Pabell y Cymdeithasau 2 on the subject of the power of the past in mediaeval Wales… clearly we are not alone today in looking Read more about CAA Annual Eisteddfod Lecture, 9 August 2023[…]
Brecon is one of Wales’s most interesting and attractive county towns, best known today as the Gateway to the Brecon Beacons National Park and for its festivals, notably the Brecon Jazz Festival and Brecon Baroque. A strategically located Norman foundation, it still retains the key features of a ‘castle borough’, with substantial parts of the Read more about Autumn Meeting, Brecon, 22nd – 24th September, 2023[…]
The 170th Annual General Meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Association will be held via Zoom at 7.30 pm, Thursday 12 October 2023. Joining details will be circulated by email to members nearer the time. The Minutes of the 2022 AGM, the Agenda for 2023 and the 2023 Trustees Annual Report and Accounts can be seen Read more about Annual General Meeting 2023 12th October 7.30 pm (via Zoom)[…]
A selection of talks from our very successful April 2023 Darganfod conference are now available to view on our YouTube channel, and can be accessed from our Talks page. Abstracts of the talks can be found on the conference page.
CONFERENCE Cambrian Archaeological Association in collaboration with Cardiff University DARGANFOD – DISCOVERY 2023: a celebration of new archaeological research in Wales Saturday 1st April 2023, 9.30 – 4.30 To be held online (Zoom) Click here to download the programme and abstracts as a PDF Join us for a day dedicated to fascinating Read more about Darganfod – Discovery Conference, Saturday 1st April 2023[…]
New arrangements for our Autumn Meeting at Brecon in September 2023 are now in place. The revised programme can be viewed in the amended version of the newsletter here. A new booking form is also available here.
Autumn Weekend Brecon, Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th September We have just found out that our proposed main venue, the Castle Hotel, Brecon, is no longer suitable as our base for the weekend. We have therefore cancelled our booking and will be refunded our deposit on 20 rooms. The hotel is due to close soon Read more about Changes to Autumn Meeting in Brecon – September 2023[…]
The 169th Annual General Meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Association will be held via Zoom at 7.30 pm, Thursday 13 October 2022. Joining details will be circulated by email to members nearer the time. The Minutes of the 2021 AGM, the Agenda for 2022 and the 2022 Trustees Annual Report and Accounts can be Read more about Annual General Meeting 2022, 13 October 7:30 pm[…]
Every five years, the Association awards a series of prizes, named after the distinguished Welsh antiquary G.T. Clark, for contributions to the study of the history and antiquities of Wales and the Marches published during the previous quinquennium. This year the Association considered a number of shortlisted publications and selected four books that were judged Read more about GT Clark Prize 2022[…]
12 – 14 September (Note, this is a Monday – Wednesday meeting) The Bear Hotel, 63 High Street, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, CF71 7AF 01446 774814 The theme of this meeting is a study of the early medieval monasteries and the historic houses of the Vale of Glamorgan. We are based at Cowbridge, founded in Read more about AUTUMN MEETING COWBRIDGE, VALE OF GLAMORGAN 12th-14th SEPTEMBER 2022[…]