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[…]
Chairman of Trustees, Sian Rees, introduces this year of celebration with an invitation to read the views of members and friends about our Association and its work. 2021 succeeds 2020, which was possibly the most disrupted year for the Association since the Second World War, with our summer and autumn meetings and the Darganfod Read more about The Cambrian Archaeological Association is 175 years old![…]
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.
It will come as no surprise to Cambrians that we have had to cancel our proposed day meeting in Cowbridge on Saturday 10 October, 2020. Very sadly, the Vale of Glamorgan has joined the counties of Wales now placed in lockdown, which makes travelling to the sites we were due to visit quite impossible. The Read more about Cancellation of Cowbridge Day, 10 October, 2020[…]
Cambrian Archaeological Association Annual General Meeting: 7.30pm, 15 October, 2020 The Cambrian Archaeological Association Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday 15 October at 7.30pm. Invitations with access details and password will be sent out to members nearer the time via the Cambrians’ email list. I will endeavour to send them Read more about Notice of AGM – by Zoom on Thursday 15 October, 2020[…]