On-line talk: Will Davies – Conserving Tintern Abbey
This talk explores the opening years of Cadw’s major research-led conservation works to the great 13th century church of Tintern Abbey, one of Britain’s most
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On-line talk: Sian Rees – the Conservation of Cultural Identity
The importance of a place within Welsh cultural consciousness does not always equate with the magnificence of its standing architecture. Some of the most important
On-line talk: Philip Hume – The Mortimers and Cwm Hir
The conquest and acquisition of the Welsh cantref of Maelienydd (the heart of modern Radnorshire) was at the core of the Mortimer family’s rise to
On-line talk: Findings from Cwmffwrn Excavation
An update on the excavations of an earthwork house platform undertaken at Cwmffwrn over the past two years, what we’ve learnt and what remains unanswered.
Talk: Where the monks trod
Between 2009 and 2023 Jenny Hall and Paul Sambrook of Trysor undertook a series of upland archaeological field surveys in the Elenydd hills, which include
On-line talk: Chronicles and Capitals
The Cistercian order enjoyed a close relationship with the people of Wales, but what role did they play in the development and proliferation of Welsh
On-line talk Pilgrimage in Wales: then and now
Madeleine Gray is Professor Emerita of Ecclesiastical History at the University of South Wales. She has close links with a number of heritage and community
Online talk – Creature Comforts in Medieval Mid-Wales
Prof Marged Haycock is a native of Radnorshire and emeritus professor of Welsh, University of Aberystwyth, where she taught for 36 years, before teaching in
On-line talk – Stephenson Piety & Peril
On-line talk – ‘Piety and Peril: medieval monastic foundation and consequent violence’ by Dr David Stephenson Dr David Stephenson’s career as a historian has