Vernacular buildings field day 5th March 2022
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Geology Field School November 2021
Our geology field school was very well attended. On our first day, Dr Joe Botting took us on a familiarisation walk, to see the geologically well known Builth Inlier. This area, to the east of Llandrindod Wells, is an internationally known volcanic island complex of Middle Ordovician Age. Joe took us to see outcrops of …
Events
Heritage Research Discussion Group Zoom – Second Monday of each month 7.30pm If you would like to join this discussion group, please contact Mel at history.cwmhirabbey@gmail.com. Recordings of discussions so far can be found here Saturday 11th May 2024 AGM and talk by Jenny Hall and Paul Sambrook. More details about Open Day and AGM here. …
Bronze Age/Drone Field School Oct 2021
We held a really interesting Field School in October where Vic Pardoe explained how he has learned how to make Bronze Age tools using authentic techniques. Vic also demonstrated the use of a drone to take aerial photographs to be processed by photogrammetry to create a 3D image of the ground surface. The drone photogrammetry …
Geophysics Field School 3rd,4th,6th October 2021
We held a very successful Geophysics Field School at Cwmffwrn Farm in early October, lead by Dr Ian Brooks. We used two techniques – resistivity and magnetometry – to look at various humps and bumps in the landscape. Both techniques detect very small changes in soil characteristics up to 0.5m of the ground surface and …
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Geology Field School 20th/21st November 2021
This Geology Field School’s aim is to introduce the participants to aspects of the geology of mid-Wales with a particular emphasis on how our underlying geology influences our landscape. We will also consider how our geology has influenced man’s activities by looking at the building stones of Cwmhir Abbey and the location of an important …
Botanical Field Weekend August 2021
Gilfach and Abbey Cwmhir home grange The weekend of 14 and 15 August was dedicated to looking at the botany of the old farmstead, Cwmffwrn, in the home grange to Abbey Cwmhir. However as an introduction to both upland and species of traditional farms, Saturday was spent at the Gilfach reserve, an old farm owned …
Abbeycwmhir Community Heritage Walks – Your experiences..
Abbeycwmhir Community Heritage Walks were launched in September 2021. Route descriptions for the range of walks are available. These walks range from a local walk around the Village with accompanying heritage information, to our longest walk which is approximately 7 miles with 1000ft of ascent Route descriptions for our Community Walks can be found here …
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Village Community Heritage Walk
A gentle walk exploring the village heritage Route descriptions for this walk are available here Village Walk Welsh Village Walk English We welcome your comments on this walk below