Letter from Heather James, General Secretary Dear Fellow Cambrians, Here is the notice of the forthcoming 2021 AGM which will be held via Zoom on Thursday 14th October at 7.30 pm. Joining details will be sent out prior to the Meeting. Links to the Meeting’s papers; an Agenda, Minutes of the 2020 AGM and Read more about Cambrians AGM via Zoom on Thursday 14th October 2021 at 7.30pm[…]
Adam Gwilt of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum of Wales will summarise the main findings concerning the discovery of a unique Iron Age chariot burial in Pembrokeshire in 2018, now the subject of a major ongoing heritage partnership in Wales. Starting with the find of a lifetime made by metal-detectorist Mike Smith and reported as Read more about CAMBRIAN CHRISTMAS LECTURE 2021. ADAM GWILT: THE PEMBROKESHIRE CHARIOT BURIAL PROJECT. Online talk, Wednesday 15th December at 7.30pm[…]
With uncertainty still prevailing about social gatherings through the summer, we propose a series of Covid-proof walks and talks to be offered by Trustees in July, August and September. These walks must be pre-booked with the organiser who will tell you the meeting point and time so that numbers attending will be known in advance, Read more about ARCHAEOLOGICAL WALKS, SUMMER 2021[…]
Celebrating 175 years of illustrating Wales’s past in the pages of Archaeologia Cambrensis Llangollen, 22nd – 24th October. From its foundation in 1846 the Cambrian Archaeological Association has published a Journal in which illustration of antiquities by means of accurate drawings and measured plans were promoted as an essential part of record and analysis. A Read more about AUTUMN MEETING 2021 LLANGOLLEN[…]
Sunday 4th – Friday 10th July 2021 Last year this meeting was a victim of Covid and, at the time of writing, it is still not clear that it will be possible to hold it. But the majority of those who had booked last year are keen to come this year, and there will be space Read more about CAMBRIAN SUMMER MEETING 2021 IN LINCOLN[…]
CONFERENCE Cambrian Archaeological Association in association with Cardiff University DARGANFOD – DISCOVERY: a celebration of new archaeological research in Wales Saturday 10th April 2021 To be held online (Zoom) Join us for a day dedicated to fascinating recent work on the archaeology of Wales and the Marches! This online conference, rescheduled from last year, is Read more about Darganfod – Discovery Conference – Saturday 10th April 2021[…]
Frances Lynch Llewellyn has sent a message about our Annual Newsletter. She says: You will have noticed that the Cambrians’ Newsletter has not yet dropped on your doorstep, but it will be distributed (with the List of Members) around the middle of February when we hope that the future will be clearer and any particular Read more about Message from Frances Lynch Llewellyn[…]
Happy New Year from the Cambrian Archaeological Association! We are delighted to announce that 2021 marks our very special 175th anniversary. We also have a new logo for the year. Watch this space for further news, announcements and events.
This has been put together by our programme Secretary Frances Lynch Llewellyn from her Programme Booklet for the 2016 Summer Meeting in the Vale of Clwyd to highlight an excellent set of photographs taken by Marie-Thérèse Castay of the churches and the memorable visit in perfect light to Maen Achwyfan. These are extra to those Read more about Clwyd Churches – Three Tours[…]
Michael Jones is Emeritus Professor of Medieval French History at the University of Nottingham. He was born in Wrexham, and studied history at Oxford University, thereafter teaching at the universities of Exeter and Nottingham, specialising in French medieval history.