National Monuments Record of Wales
The archive of the built heritage of Wales
More than a century of surveying, recording and collecting has created a unique archive that documents the changing face of the Welsh historic landscape. It includes material on all aspects of archaeological, architectural, ecclesiastical, industrial, defensive and maritime history.
You will find records on:
- Houses
- Farm buildings
- Churches
- Chapels
- Schools
- Stone Circles
- Hillforts
- Enclosures
- Roman sites
- Castles
- Mottes
- Canals
- Railways
- Ironworks
- Coal mines
- Mills
- Lighthouses
- Factories
- Gardens
- Wrecks
- Mansions
- Cairns
Connah’s Quay Power Station.
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Collections
- Historic and modern photographs
- Drawings
- Historic maps
- Historic and modern aerial photographs
- Archaeological surveys and excavation archives
- Architectural reports and plans
- Digital surveys
- Reconstruction drawings
- Point cloud data from terrestrial laser scanning
- GIS – Geographical Information Systems
- Digital reconstructions – 3D models and animations
- Specialist library
Use COFLEIN, our online database, to search for sites of interest, check our catalogued collections and view images from across Wales.
View of excavation at Aberystwyth Castle.
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Uses
- Local and family history
- House history
- Making models
- Higher and further education
- Artistic inspiration
- Illustrating talks, publications and exhibitions
- Tourism
- Media/press
- Desk-top assessments
- Boundary identification
- Area studies for wind farms, pipelines etc
- Planning issues
- Archaeological site investigation
- Information boards
Visit our library and search room to view books, journals and original archive material from the NMRW. We are open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 09:30 – 16:00, Wednesday 10:30 – 16:30.
An appointment is advisable.
Jesse Tree, St. Dyfnog’s Church, Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch.
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Services
- Free public enquiry service
- Priority search service
- Library and search room with free internet access and wifi
- Image library
- Group visits
- Educational resources
- Digitisation
- Digital datasets and mapping
National Monuments of Wales search room.
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For further information, please contact our friendly and professional staff at:
NMRW Library and Enquiries Service
RCAHMW
Crown Building, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth
Ceredigion, SY23 1NJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1970 621200
E-mail: nmr.wales@rcahmw.gov.uk
Website: www.rcahmw.gov.uk
Coflein: www.coflein.gov.uk
12/08/2015