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07/28/2022 91 83
We are delighted to be back on the Maes at this year’s Eisteddfod in Tregaro ...
07/27/2022 91 83
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wale ...
07/25/2022 66 108
The List of Historic Place Names has existed for five years now, and a great deal has happened in that ...
07/22/2022 76 98
Festival of Archaeology Lecture: Thursday 28 July, 5pm Welsh seas are a large and im ...
07/15/2022 35 164
In August 1889, a transformative piece of legislation was passed that would affect education in Wales for years to come. This was the Welsh Intermediate and Te ...
07/13/2022 55 164
Castell Bach is one of Ceredigion’s few coastal Iron Age forts, which occupies a spectacular but secluded location. Questions remains about why it was built ...
07/08/2022 76 98
Recent years have highlighted the significance and power of statues. In Wales as elsewhere, g ...
06/27/2022 90 84
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales ...
06/21/2022 53 164
Wales’s four police forces have linked up with heritage bodies including the Royal Commission to drive down heritage crime. They have a stark warning – onc ...
06/13/2022 79 95
The Royal Commission is pleased to be associated with the first ever Churches Unlocked Her ...
06/08/2022 15 164
The oceans and seas are critical for the health and wellbeing of everything on Planet Earth. They bring great biodiversity to the natural world, can provide us ...
06/05/2022 37 164
Today is World Environment Day. Under the theme 'Only One Earth' we want to share with you the journey the Royal Commission is taking towards becoming a more s ...
05/18/2022 35 164
Today on International Museums Day we are celebrating the magnificent range of museums in Wales. We have over 90 accredited museums, ranging from local industr ...
05/17/2022 92 82
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wal ...
05/10/2022 22 164
As the siege of Mariupol reaches its tragic conclusion, it is poignant that these ghastly events are taking place in the month of May. May, of course, is regar ...
05/05/2022 72 102
Caerfai iron-age promontory fort, Pembrokeshire. Wales’s coastline stretches for around 1,68 ...
04/18/2022 35 164
Today is UNESCO’s World Heritage Day. It is also the eighth week of the conflict in Ukraine. In war heritage gets damaged and sometimes erased.&n ...
04/15/2022 62 112
Today on Good Friday the Crucifixion is remembered. The Crucifixion has been depicted in many different med ...
04/05/2022 55 164
Reading Richard Suggett’s splendid new book about late medieval churches – Painted Temples – got me thinking about the reasons for the popularity of St C ...
03/30/2022 92 82
Archives Archive items have been added to the following collections in the ...
03/28/2022 94 80
This superbly illustrated book is introduced by Rowan Williams, former Arch ...
03/25/2022 82 92
Last Friday the bronze statue of Dr Elaine Morgan OBE was unveiled outside Tŷ Calon L ...
03/22/2022 61 113
When we closed the doors to our Library and Search Room for refurbishment on 3 February 2020 with the intent ...
03/22/2022 27 164
The post sits within the Royal Commission’s Corporate Business Unit (CBU) which reports directly to the Secretary/CEO and is responsible for five broad activ ...
03/08/2022 108 66
Today on International Women's Day (March 8) we join together ...
03/01/2022 116 58
Our St David’s Day blog celebrates a remarkable hou ...
02/28/2022 95 79
DD2021_005 - General Digital Donations Collection - photographs of the Bet ...
02/23/2022 59 164
Can you spare five minutes to complete our questionnaire, designed to help us respond better to the needs of our users? We are currently collecting informat ...
02/22/2022 51 164
The Statutory Register of Parks and Gardens in Wales of Special Historic Interest came into force on 1 February 2022. This followed the passing of the Historic ...
02/18/2022 22 164
The Royal Commission is a respected organisation in many ways, not least in its ability to retain and nurture talent amongst its workforce. We recently celebra ...
02/14/2022 78 96
This talk will focus on inscribed memorial stones dating to the fifth, sixth and earlie ...
02/10/2022 39 164
Find out more about this mysterious wreck ahead of our next free online talk, ‘Diving Back on the Bronze Bell Wreck’ by Alison James, MSDS Marine, on behal ...
02/09/2022 39 164
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales is looking to recruit a permanent full time Online Services Manager to manage its online ...
02/08/2022 39 164
Exciting new post within Survey and Investigation The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales was established in 1908 and is the i ...
02/08/2022 34 164
Exciting new post within Survey and Investigation The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales was established in 1908 and is the i ...
01/31/2022 113 61
Cwm Camlais Motte, Powys, NPRN 305059, Archive number 64 ...
01/27/2022 39 164
Are you an experienced Human Resources Manager with an interest in heritage? If so, the Royal Commission is looking for a full-time HR Manager on a permanent c ...
01/25/2022 82 92
Take part in our Historic Environment and Climate Change Adaptation Activity Survey for ...
01/19/2022 17 164
Most people are familiar, at least in passing, with the need to gain planning permission before building things on land: a house, office building, roads, etc. ...
01/16/2022 37 164
World Religion Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in January every year and is a reminder of the need for harmony and understanding between religions and fa ...
01/05/2022 48 164
Medieval Wales was divided into kingdoms, cantrefs and commotes, as well as parishes, townships, and manors. These boundaries have changed over time and th ...
01/02/2022 34 164
It has been 10 years since the ‘Friends of the Commission’ was established. A lot has happened since November 2011, particularly so in the last eighteen mo ...
12/17/2021 83 91
In Wales, there is a unique service held in both churches and chapels around Christmas ...
12/08/2021 49 164
Cwmbrân is the only Mark I New Town in Wales and, as such, is both a fascinating and significant town representing an important phase in UK post-war town plan ...
12/07/2021 37 164
Today, Tuesday 7 December, is Welsh Language Rights Day, a day for us to raise awareness of the rights you have to use the Welsh language with us and to promot ...
12/03/2021 49 164
Join us online for this year’s Royal Commission Christmas Lecture, “Cwmbran: ‘Where the Future is Happening Now!’” by Susan Fielding, Senior Investig ...
11/17/2021 43 164
Join us for a fascinating snapshot into the libraries and archives of the great and the small. 22–26 November 2021, 13:00–14:15 This year for Explore ...
11/15/2021 37 164
Did you know that Wales is home to one of the UK’s most beautiful Hindu temples, located in Merches Place, Cardiff, a short distance south of the Princip ...
11/12/2021 97 77
“This is a welcome and treasurable survey of a long-neglected area of ...
11/09/2021 47 164
Are you passionate about the history and heritage of Wales and in the work of the Royal Commission? If so, we are looking to recruit a Library ...
11/04/2021 39 164
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, based in Aberystwyth, is looking to recruit a permanent full time Human Resources Manage ...
11/04/2021 46 164
The Royal Commission plays a key role in ensuring that the historic environment remains rich, varied and rewarding for the people of Wales, now and in the ...
11/01/2021 100 74
Leading up to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Pa ...
10/19/2021 70 104
The Royal Commission is one of twenty-two UK partners who have been successful in receiving an ...
10/08/2021 103 71
The RCAHMW Library and Search Room within the National Library ...
10/06/2021 41 164
As a result of Andrew Carnegie’s impressive generosity, by the start of the 20th century, many Welsh towns had striking buildings where people flocked to ...
10/04/2021 60 164
Wales has a long and fascinating literary history. However, prior to the advent of the modern public library, Wales’s manuscripts and books were held in ...
09/30/2021 23 164
Thursday 30th September is the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) ‘World Maritime Day 2021’. Their theme for this year is ‘Seafarers: At t ...
09/29/2021 100 74
Talk by Louise Barker at 5pm, 7 October 2021 On 28 July 2021&n ...
09/24/2021 37 164
The death was announced last week of Sir Clive Sinclair (1940–2021), the inventor. We have all heard of the Sinclair C5 an "electrically assisted pedal c ...
09/21/2021 55 164
On World Alzheimer's Day we wanted to tell you about the latest additions to the Memory Archive, which we have created with People’s Collection Wales. Th ...
09/14/2021 52 164
Archive Number: 6430556Carving on bench in St Mark's Church, Brithdir. Many people will tell you that one of the joys of archive resear ...
09/07/2021 98 76
Wall hanging, Big Pit by the Mad Mountain Stitchers, inspired by imag ...
09/01/2021 69 105
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales is looking to recruit 2 new po ...
08/26/2021 146 28
Join Jon Dollery, o ...
08/23/2021 46 164
Slavery was an integral part of the early modern economy, deeply linked with local, national and international economic activities, including in Wales. The ...
07/29/2021 78 96
Japanese anime is a very popular film genre both in Japan and increasingly across the w ...
07/28/2021 145 29
Earlier today, we we ...
07/27/2021 113 61
When thinking of Wales’s built heritage, the twent ...
07/26/2021 61 113
We will once again be joining our partners in the heritage sector to celebrate this year’s Eisteddfod ...
07/19/2021 78 96
This year, the Royal Welsh Show will be a virtual event rather than being held at the s ...
07/13/2021 69 105
This year’s theme for the Council of British Archaeology’s Festival of Archaeology is ‘Exp ...
07/08/2021 38 164
Dr Julian Whitewright Senior Investigator (Maritime) On 14 June 2021, I joined the RCAHMW to work on the maritime aspects of Wales’s heritage. During ...
07/02/2021 95 79
Archives In light of both the Coronavirus outbreak and the migration of ...
06/08/2021 41 164
Bryn Trillyn (the hill of the three lakes) is located in the heart of the Hiraethog mountains in Denbighshire. It’s also the name of an old tavern built arou ...
05/29/2021 52 164
Welsh chapels are arguably the most iconic buildings in Wales, but also one of the building types most at threat from closure, dereliction, and demolition. Fro ...
05/28/2021 51 164
Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn Bowden has welcomed the appointment of two Commissioners to the Royal Commission on the Ancie ...
05/25/2021 108 66
I have chosen this aerial image as, in my opinion, it beautif ...
05/18/2021 118 56
Raising young people’s dementia awareness We ...
05/16/2021 74 100
You are warmly invited to the online launch of New Coflein, our online database with improved f ...
05/12/2021 88 86
This Friday on BBC Two, Michael Portillo and his long-running series on Great Bri ...
05/12/2021 36 164
On 12 May, Muslims everywhere will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the feast that marks the breaking of the month-long Ramadan fast. Knowing little about the history of ...
05/11/2021 36 164
We are recruiting an experienced Senior Archivist who will lead on managing and developing the archive collections of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and H ...
05/07/2021 49 164
Laser scan data of the exterior by Wessex Archaeology. Crown Copyright RCAHMW 2021 The oldest surviving synagogue in Wales has now been recorded for ...
04/30/2021 92 82
View of the Cleddau Estuary, AP_2004_0845, Arch 6191900 Archives In li ...
04/28/2021 50 164
On International Workers' Memorial Day #IWMD21 & World Day for Health and Safety at Work, find out about Talygarn – the convalescent and rehabilitati ...
04/23/2021 39 164
We are celebrating three years of exploring, learning, fun and friendships as the ‘Unloved Heritage?’ project comes to its end. Earlier this m ...
04/21/2021 115 59
The CHERISH Project is hosting a free one-day onli ...
04/13/2021 109 65
Archives In light of both the Coronavirus outbreak and th ...
03/25/2021 64 110
Chance finds dating back 9000 years tell new story of Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire Chance finds of p ...
03/24/2021 43 164
What springs to mind when you think of a ‘historic building’? Castles, medieval churches, timber-framed houses? Maybe nineteenth-century industrial com ...
03/19/2021 47 164
Join us for the second talk in our new series of Royal Commission online lectures. On Thursday, 1 April, at 5pm, CHERISH Investigator, Daniel Hunt will be ...
03/17/2021 58 164
Capel Patrick full west of St Davids and placed as near his country, namely Ireland, as it could well be. It is now wholly decayed. (George Owen, 1603) ...
03/08/2021 17 164
‘Picture of the Year’ 1943 One of the most famous and inspiring works of art produced during the Second World War is “Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech-ri ...
03/02/2021 28 164
Everyone in Wales knows who the David is in St. David’s (Tyddewi in Welsh), and that Llanddewi Velfrey and Llanddewi Brefi are named after him as well, b ...
03/01/2021 58 164
Llanddewi Brefi: a pencil drawing of the church and village c.1850. There are numerous churches dedicated to St David in Wales, including, ...
02/23/2021 44 164
Over two hundred years ago this month, there was a dramatic and traumatic event at Plas Tan yr Allt, Tremadog, Gwynedd. On a wild and stormy night on 26 Februa ...
01/28/2021 77 97
November - January 2020/2021 Archives In light of both the Coronavirus outbreak an ...
01/21/2021 49 164
A partnership between Ceredigion Museum and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has attracted £1,000 funding from the As ...
01/20/2021 42 164
Join us as a part of a global audience for this year’s free, online International Digital Past Conference. The programme is now viewable here. As well ...
12/16/2020 63 111
In coastal Ceredigion overlooking Cardigan Bay is an Iron Age hillfort with a curious name; it appears to ...
12/15/2020 45 164
Wednesday 10 February 2021: Conference8-12 February 2021: Workshops Digital Past 2021: New Technologies in Heritage, Interpretation and Outreach ...
12/07/2020 109 65
Archives In light of both the Coronavirus outbreak and th ...
12/01/2020 74 100
This talk offers an illustrated journey from modern wallpaper to medieval wallpaintings, includ ...
11/26/2020 100 74
The Royal Commission’s archive – the National Monuments Record of ...
11/25/2020 33 164
Since its inception in 1908, the Royal Commission has established a reputation for maintaining an expertise in, and developing standards for, the survey, inter ...
11/19/2020 67 107
Laser scan survey image of Parys Mountain Windmill: 2000 NPRN 306041 C.444624 Ref. PMW08 Our ...
11/17/2020 80 94
“Were it not for the foresight of people such as my father, these items would not h ...
11/13/2020 81 93
The magnificent Gwrych Castle, on the north Wales coast is an outstanding example of an ...
11/05/2020 55 164
Pembrokeshire Coast Archaeology Day This year’s popular Pembrokeshire Coast Archaeology Day is taking place online. The event promises a full programm ...
11/03/2020 101 73
The Maritime Foundation’s prestigious Mountbatten Literary award g ...
10/27/2020 38 164
Pryderi, King of Dyfed, is a mythological figure whose heroic life is told in the Mabinogi, a series of early Welsh tales told by poets and storytellers to ent ...
10/21/2020 60 164
Simon Hancock, the curator of Haverfordwest Town Museum (a partner on the Royal Commission led WW1 U-boat Project), has been in touch with the amazing news tha ...
10/09/2020 149 25
If you want a book t ...
10/09/2020 103 71
There are many excellent books on First World War memorials and me ...
10/08/2020 142 32
In my capacity as Equality ...
10/08/2020 51 164
I had always been aware of Thomas Telford through my Dad teaching us kids about his London to Holyhead road and the Menai Bridge on our journeys to h ...
10/06/2020 103 71
Bettina Harden's beautifully illustrated guide to some of Wales' m ...
10/06/2020 91 83
I came across this book very early on in my career at the Royal Commission and ...
10/06/2020 48 164
This may, perhaps, seem a rather staid choice for a celebration of books for Libraries Week (given the plethora of wonderful, exotic, choices for such an occas ...
10/06/2020 28 164
‘Data cleansing of the catalogue’; perhaps not the most exciting combination of words, but, it has led me to the unearthing of many discoveries. On retirem ...
10/05/2020 130 44
Thomas Pennant’s Tours in Wa ...
10/05/2020 32 164
For this year’s Libraries Week we invited our staff and volunteers to write a short piece on a book or journal from our Library that they found particularly ...
09/30/2020 20 164
The rugged limestone sea cliffs at Paviland on the coast of south Gower, steep in places and pock-marked with fractures and cavities, are home to one of the mo ...
09/30/2020 25 164
The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Cadw have teamed up to launch their 15-Minute Heritage Grants scheme for projects that help to connect communities in Wa ...
09/23/2020 65 109
At the Royal Commission we are passionate about heritage and how it can enrich people’s lives. One way ...
09/18/2020 46 164
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales is looking to recruit a Senior Investigator (Maritime), a key post in its Survey and Inve ...
09/17/2020 29 164
While out for a family walk on Saturday, 29 August, 2020, following Storm Francis, we discovered tree stumps protruding from the shingle on the upper part of L ...
09/11/2020 90 84
On 17 September, 1pm, Dr Meilyr Powell will be speaking on ‘Making the Link: ...
09/07/2020 25 164
The current project, ‘Making the Link: Lloyd’s Register and the National Monuments Record of Wales’, funded by Lloyds Register Foundation aims to enhance ...
08/17/2020 30 164
One of Wales' best known national heroes, Owain Glyndŵr lived between c.1359- c.1415. He was descended from the royal houses of Powys and Deheubarth with land ...
08/10/2020 97 77
Archives In light of both the Coronavirus outbreak and the migration ...
07/31/2020 21 164
Having been held every year since 1861 (apart from the year war broke out in 1914), the modern Eisteddfod in Wales will be held again this year but in a new di ...
07/24/2020 62 112
Discovery! Ten years ago this month, initial excavations directed by Dr Jeffrey Davies and Dr Toby Drive ...
07/21/2020 11 164
You may be aware that Coflein, the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), has over 180,000 sites in its collection. This national c ...
07/16/2020 71 103
This talk showcases rare and special prehistoric and Roman finds from the county of Ceredigion in ...
07/13/2020 67 107
Like so many other festivals this year, the Festival of Archaeology is going online. Running from Satu ...
07/10/2020 100 74
Over 500 early medieval carved stones are now known from Wales. Almos ...
07/07/2020 85 89
Black-and-white photograph of the interior of Aberystwyth Railway Station, from our ...
07/03/2020 104 70
When I first started my working life, I had the great pleasure of ...
06/30/2020 68 106
My favourite images relate to a site which holds great personal interest for me- it was the house whe ...
06/24/2020 97 77
Taff Merthyr Colliery, Bedlinog This is the headframe over the downca ...
06/19/2020 67 107
The site entry for Llyn Barfog, Mynydd y Llyn (NPRN 402570) records several interesting folktales. Ima ...
06/15/2020 46 164
Rhyl Sun Centre and Pont yr Aber swing bridge and the surrounding Cei Quay), Caernarfon by Dr Hayley Roberts, RCAHMW Commissioner (Maritime Heritage) and Senio ...
06/12/2020 85 89
A new study of Royal Commission aerial discoveries from the widespread drought of 20 ...
06/09/2020 32 164
For those of us who care about the future of Wales’s places of worship, the suggestion that they could soon be open again ‘for private prayer and contempla ...
06/05/2020 81 93
Roman marching camp at Killcrow Hill near Caerwent, Monmouthshire This is the tiny Ro ...
06/02/2020 46 164
We have recently featured favourite images from the archive chosen by Commission staff, together with explanations for their choices. Here are some more: Th ...
05/27/2020 46 164
‘Staff Picks’ During the next few weeks, we will feature a number of favourite images from the archive chosen by Commission staff, together with explanatio ...
05/14/2020 88 86
With our daily lives disrupted this is a difficult time for many of us. How ...
05/12/2020 131 43
In an exciting new project, the Royal ...
05/11/2020 58 164
The 75th anniversary of VE Day has made many of us think once again about the Second World War. The extent of the War’s effects on the world means that ...
05/07/2020 65 109
On 8 May 1945, the Second World War came to an end in Europe. VE Day was a time of celebration. Since 19 ...
05/05/2020 40 164
A YouGov survey asking how habits have changed since the start of the coronavirus lockdown found that people are preparing more meals at home and are falling i ...
05/01/2020 51 164
Many Cardiffians will remember the Royal Hamadyrad Hospital, once a seamen’s hospital and later a psychiatric hospital in the docklands area of Cardiff, whic ...
04/28/2020 16 164
If you have been listening to Radios 3 or 4 in recent days you are no doubt aware that 7 April marked the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth’s birth. In ...
04/23/2020 79 95
With our daily lives disrupted this is a difficult time for many of us. However, it ...
04/22/2020 79 95
For over 10 years the Royal Commission has been working closely with partners and animatio ...
04/13/2020 70 104
‘Memory Archive’ is a People’s Collection Wales initiative, led by the Royal Commission. It i ...
04/03/2020 25 164
I often hear it said that it is difficult to get young people involved in heritage and that they are not interested in helping to preserve aspects of the herit ...
03/31/2020 92 82
Archives In light of both the Coronavirus outbreak and the migration of ou ...
03/24/2020 20 164
Like most regions of the British Isles, Wales has a rich inheritance of historic parks and gardens. They are part of Wales’s national identity, enriching the ...
03/12/2020 21 164
How do we ensure that we present history in an impartial way? What if our country’s recent history is too painful for some to discuss? Are there continuing p ...
03/11/2020 36 164
On the 5 March a break in the weather allowed the Royal Commission to carry out the first drone survey and ground recording of Castell Nadolig hillfort in sout ...
03/06/2020 46 164
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we bring you the story of Nurse Jane Henrietta Adeane. Jane Henrietta Adeane On the morning of 28 November 1917 ...
03/04/2020 26 164
In April 2019, the Welsh Government declared a national climate emergency to accelerate action to tackle climate change. This requires both mitigation ...
03/02/2020 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
02/21/2020 50 164
Hi, I’m Marisa and I recently joined the Commission as Public Engagement Assistant in September last year. Having grown up in Aberystwyth I had heard a ...
02/12/2020 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
02/11/2020 27 164
Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire Christopher Catling, Secretary of the Royal Commission, will give the opening address at a symposium on Spiritual Tourism to ...
02/05/2020 82 92
Opening on 5 February 2020 at Aberystwyth Arts Centre Café, an exhibition by the Royal ...
01/21/2020 54 164
Please note that, due to building works, the Royal Commission’s Library and Searchroom, and the Enquiry Service, will be closed at the following times The ...
01/09/2020 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
12/23/2019 36 164
St Teilo’s Church re-erected at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, photographed on 24 January 2013. St Teilo’s Church re-erected at St Fagan ...
12/20/2019 63 111
An image from a multibeam sonar survey of an area approximately ten miles north-west of Bardsey Island rev ...
12/17/2019 37 164
Please note that the Royal Commission’s Library and Searchroom, and the Enquiry Service, will be subject to periods of closure during the next few months. Th ...
12/06/2019 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
12/05/2019 40 164
Remuneration: £198 per day (plus T&S) for a time commitment of around 10 days a year. Can you help us to deliver the best possible hi ...
12/04/2019 29 164
Buying a Royal Commission book has now become even easier with the creation of our new online store. Listed alphabetically, our entire catalogue is now availab ...
11/18/2019 91 83
Dinas Dinlle coastal fort is owned by the National Trust. It is set on a hill ...
11/14/2019 47 164
Free ‘Explore your Archives’ event Discovering Twentieth-century Heritage in Wales A talk by Royal Commission Senior Investigator, Susan Fielding, at ...
11/04/2019 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
10/31/2019 46 164
We’ve been having a look through our archives this week to bring you some of our spookiest records for Halloween. It was certainly spine-chilling i ...
10/29/2019 44 164
Recording coastal sites with the CHERISH team. My name is Amber Andrews and I recently graduated from Swansea University and I am going on to study for a Ma ...
10/11/2019 38 164
The level of accuracy captured by digital surveying techniques, such as laser scanning, enables the creation of accurate 3D digital models, but sometimes we wa ...
10/11/2019 38 164
The long-awaited history of medieval Cardiganshire was launched to a full house at the National Library’s Drwm on Saturday 5 October. This substantial ...
10/10/2019 29 164
As part of the Royal Commission’s ongoing commitment to Accessibility, and Equality & Diversity, we have produced a visual and textual, online digital gu ...
10/09/2019 65 109
Are you interested in archaeology, architecture, maritime archaeology, Welsh history or industrial a ...
10/08/2019 96 78
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
10/07/2019 33 164
Whether debating the merits of the new curriculum or highlighting the stories of underrepresented groups, there has been increased discussion of the importance ...
09/25/2019 69 105
Press Release The most comprehensive study of Wales’ maritime history ever commissioned, taking ...
09/23/2019 53 164
As part of our ongoing work, the Royal Commission is committed to increasing the ease of access to our archival collections and sharing our work with a broad a ...
09/06/2019 36 164
NEWS RELEASE Last December, the U-boat Project shared the amazing story how a small terrier named Lotte came to live among the crew of the German submarine ...
09/04/2019 93 81
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wa ...
08/22/2019 30 164
Dinas Dinlle coastal hillfort is owned by the National Trust. It is set on a hill of glacial drift sediments (specifically a thrust-block moraine) overlooking ...
08/08/2019 43 164
New NMRW serachroom The library and search room will be closed and the enquiry service suspended from Monday 12 August until Friday 16 August 2019. Enquirie ...
08/05/2019 63 111
Welcome to Issue 4 of CHERISH news, a European-funded project led by the Royal Commission, in partnership ...
07/31/2019 44 164
With a fifteenth-century rood screen, early modern alms houses, a famous bridge and (allegedly) Llywelyn Fawr’s coffin, there’s a lot of history, and Welsh ...
07/29/2019 91 83
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wale ...
07/17/2019 86 88
The Royal Commission’s U Boat Project 1914-18 team are seeking relatives of the l ...
07/12/2019 59 164
The List of Historic Welsh Place Names received the Cynefin Project data from the National Library of Wales just before Christmas, and since then, we have been ...
06/28/2019 91 83
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wale ...
06/21/2019 24 164
CHERISH Project continues to unearth the secrets of Dinas Dinlle coastal fort The beginning of June saw CHERISH archaeologists and geographers from the Roya ...
06/20/2019 69 105
My name is Rebecca, I am a second-year heritage student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint Dav ...
06/13/2019 95 79
I came across ‘Ceredigion Off-limits’, one of the ‘Unloved Heritage ...
06/11/2019 90 84
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales ...
06/06/2019 46 164
The 6 June 2019 marks the beginning of the 75th anniversary period for Operation Overlord, the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history. Opera ...
05/29/2019 40 164
What was life like for the men of the base? A common part of life was naval discipline and regulations. From washing uniforms to leave, ther ...
05/29/2019 40 164
Milford Haven, a port on the south-western tip of Wales, was one of the most important bases on the Welsh Coast during the First World War. With its view of th ...
05/23/2019 80 94
The Royal Commission continues to promote its resources to stimulate reminiscence. This w ...
05/22/2019 21 164
Annual Report 2017-18 by The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales The latest edition of the Royal Commission’s Annual Re ...
05/21/2019 71 103
During a week of celebrations of the Naval and maritime history of Milford Haven, the U-Boat Proje ...
05/20/2019 47 164
The Merchant Seaman's Memorial in Cardiff Bay is in the form of a sleeping face fused with a ship's hull, made by riveting plates of metal together. The techni ...
05/15/2019 36 164
On 28 April 1918, the British cargo steamer ORONSA was passing through the Irish Sea as part of convoy HN62. On board were 110 passengers, 155 crew members, an ...
05/09/2019 64 110
One hundred years ago today, 9 May 1919, Aerofilms Ltd was born. The unprecedented business venture hoped ...
05/07/2019 92 82
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wal ...
05/02/2019 27 164
We are very sorry to hear of the passing of Professor Emeritus A D Carr, former Commissioner of the Royal Commission (2001— 2011), and greatly respected hist ...
04/30/2019 28 164
Recently our Public Engagement Manager travelled to Tallinn, Estonia, to represent the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative at the annual EUSTORY Network meeting, ...
04/12/2019 43 164
This week we were visited by Assembly Members Elin Jones (Presiding Officer) and Delyth Jewell. After a quick introduction to the organisation, we showcased th ...
04/09/2019 42 164
Aerial reconnaissance in a light aircraft is still one of the best ways to rapidly monitor the condition of coastal heritage sites along hundreds of miles of r ...
04/05/2019 80 94
The Norwegian-registered JANVOLD is one of the wrecks included in our surveys for the ‘ ...
04/03/2019 58 164
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, which is based in Aberystwyth, is looking to recruit an education focussed work placemen ...
04/02/2019 38 164
Prof Nancy Edwards The Royal Commission is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Nancy Edwards as Chair of the Commission following the retirement ...
04/01/2019 92 82
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wal ...
03/29/2019 88 86
CHERISH work has been continuing this week at Castell Bach, a coastal fort in Cer ...
03/01/2019 27 164
St David’s Cathedral, Pembrokeshire.NPRN: 306 DI2008_1029 St David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire is considered the holiest site in Wales. It stands ...
02/28/2019 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
02/22/2019 50 164
The last military invasion of the British mainland, took place on 22 February 1797, when French Republican troops tried to land at Pembrokeshire, four yea ...
02/21/2019 43 164
On Saturday, 2 March, both Dr Toby Driver and Dr James January-McCann of the Royal Commission will be giving talks at the Dyfed Archaeology Day at Graig Cam ...
02/12/2019 30 164
Post-Armistice operations off the Welsh coast. [caption id="attachment_14394" align="aligncenter" width="850"] HMS Audacious sinking on 27 October 1914. A ma ...
02/11/2019 69 105
With the opening of the new £80 million Newtown Bypass in Powys on the 14 February 2019, here is a c ...
02/07/2019 41 164
[caption id="attachment_14360" align="aligncenter" width="850"] From Left to Right: Christopher Catling, Charles Green, Sue Billingsley, Stephen Bailey-John and ...
02/01/2019 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wa ...
01/14/2019 52 164
The Royal Commission’s early inventories offer fascinating insights into the historic built environment in early-twentieth-century Wales and how it was percei ...
01/08/2019 53 164
At the Royal Commission we are constantly improving our records and resources in order to provide the best access possible to knowledge about the rich historica ...
01/01/2019 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
12/21/2018 42 164
A snowy scene on Hill’s Tramroad, Blaenavon, looking north towards Skerrid Fawr, also known as ‘Holy Mountain’. NPRN: 85860 [button style ...
12/19/2018 89 85
The Royal Commission is working with Danish app developers Vizgu to improve the e ...
12/17/2018 47 164
Boasting of a Iron Age hillfort, ruined medieval castle, Gothic and Neo Gothic architecture, Victorian and Edwardian buildings, Funicular Railway, Museum, the T ...
12/14/2018 52 164
The well-known M4 tolls plaza will cease to exist from Monday 17 December 2018. Fees have applied to motor vehicles using the bridges for some 52 years and Mon ...
12/12/2018 45 164
In spring of 1918, a German U-boat, U 91, commanded by Alfred von Glasenapp, was patrolling the Irish Sea. The U-boat had left port at Heligoland on 10 April 19 ...
12/05/2018 95 79
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11/30/2018 37 164
[caption id="attachment_13554" align="aligncenter" width="2160"] Paviland Cave or Goat's Hole at low tide. The elongated fissure of the cave is at centre-right. ...
11/23/2018 92 82
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ...
11/23/2018 42 164
Library and Search Room Opening Hours: Christmas 2018 and New Year The library and search room will be closed and the enquiry service suspended from Mon ...
11/16/2018 52 164
It is now over one hundred years since the end of the First World War. Despite the intervening century, the profound technological, politi ...
11/15/2018 48 164
Display of Archive Material at the Royal Commission, 20 & 21 November, 11am–4pm In celebration of Explore Your Archives 2018, on Tuesday 20 and Wednesd ...
11/11/2018 51 164
Today is Remembrance Day, 11 November. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other co ...
11/09/2018 53 164
Heritage Angels – people who have played a special part in caring for Wales’s heritage – have been honoured at a special awards ceremony, sponsored by the ...
11/08/2018 41 164
‘Braving the Dragons’ is the name of a conference that will explore the uncharted territory at the meeting point between art and archaeology. Leading practi ...
11/07/2018 64 110
A free travelling-exhibition exploring the historical and contemporary relationship between Wales and the ...
11/05/2018 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wa ...
10/25/2018 20 164
On 18 October the Royal Commission aerial archaeologist, Dr toby Driver, undertook a three-hour survey flight from Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire up to north An ...
10/24/2018 13 164
The remarkable Court-house at Beaumaris. Halloween/Nos Calan Gaeaf approaches and thoughts will turn, perhaps a little apprehensively, to witches, ghosts an ...
10/18/2018 82 92
On Sunday 14 October, the town of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, commemorated the loss ...
10/12/2018 96 78
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
10/11/2018 106 68
The Royal Commission’s is embarking on an exciting partner ...
10/10/2018 70 104
The torpedoing of the LEINSTER is well known as the worst loss of life in the Irish Sea during the G ...
10/09/2018 113 61
A group of experts brought together to advise on how to m ...
10/08/2018 131 43
Introduction The final excavation re ...
10/05/2018 39 164
Members of the public are being invited to vote for their favourite Heritage Angel under an awards scheme sponsored by the Andrew Lloyd-Webber Foundation. Fi ...
10/04/2018 46 164
[caption id="attachment_12684" align="aligncenter" width="850"] HIRANO MARU - Source: David James, West Wales Maritime Heritage Society.[/caption] ...
10/02/2018 27 164
Royal Commission investigators were back on Skomer Island last week, excavating a small trench in Well Meadow next to Island Farm in the centre of the Island. T ...
09/26/2018 51 164
[caption id="attachment_12391" align="aligncenter" width="850"] US Coastguard personnel with church representatives, David James from the West Wales Maritime He ...
09/21/2018 31 164
The cover of the first edition, showing the Old Vicarage, Berriew, 1975. For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the study of farmhouses an ...
09/19/2018 25 164
Hafodygarreg, Powys, the oldest house in Wales. Hafodygarreg is the earliest precisely-dated house in Wales. Core samples taken from the surviving cruck-tru ...
09/18/2018 105 69
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09/13/2018 17 164
Come and learn about the impact storms have had on the coastal and maritime archaeology of Wales and Ireland. Medrus Suite, Aberystwyth University, 6 October ...
09/12/2018 93 81
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wal ...
09/09/2018 69 105
Fifteen outstanding examples of heritage achievement have been selected for a Heritage Angel Award by ...
09/06/2018 94 80
Following the remarkable summer heatwave, you can catch Royal Commission aer ...
08/31/2018 59 164
Do you like books? Are you interested in archaeology, architecture, maritime archaeology, Welsh history or industrial archaeology? Would you like to gain new ...
08/24/2018 22 164
We interviewed our Commissioner Catherine Hardman about her role. A Royal Commissioner is an odd title. What do you actually do? Bei ...
08/10/2018 55 164
Earlier this week, a blogpost discussed how the constantly changing buildings of Butetown tell the story of the Bay across the nineteenth century. Thi ...
08/09/2018 107 67
Learn about the history, legends and landscape of thi ...
08/08/2018 51 164
Hidden Histories: Discovering the Heritage of Wales By A.P. Wakelin, Editor and R.A. Griffiths, 2008. Hidden Histories shows how the heritag ...
08/08/2018 70 104
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08/06/2018 54 164
Cardiff Bay’s instantly recognisable waterfront, with the deep red Pierhead Building surrounded by the curving lines and sharp angles of its more recent neigh ...
07/31/2018 51 164
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) Archives and Library Bulletin which lists all newly catalogued material. ...
07/23/2018 81 93
Last Tuesday, after weeks of photographing an unprecedented number of newly-emerging crop ...
07/17/2018 38 164
During the last week the Royal Commission has been inundated with media enquiries regarding recent discoveries during this unprecedented heatwave. Our aerial ph ...
07/13/2018 91 83
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales ...
07/11/2018 64 110
As the drought across Wales continues, new and long-vanished archaeological sites continue to appear in fi ...
07/10/2018 38 164
OPEN AFTERNOON at The National Library of Wales, 12 July, 4:00 – 6:00pm If you are between 18 – 24 years old, not in education, employment or training ...
07/06/2018 14 164
The unprecedented spell of hot, dry weather across Wales has provided perfect conditions for archaeological aerial photography. As the drought has persisted ...
06/26/2018 75 99
[caption id="attachment_10958" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Romany Monument to Ernest Burto ...
06/22/2018 69 105
[caption id="attachment_10926" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Lambton Memorial, Flimston Church, Ca ...
06/13/2018 69 105
Over the weekend of 22nd – 24th June, the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) will be running a mari ...
06/12/2018 90 84
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales ...
06/09/2018 99 75
The VANDALIA was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-96 on 9 June ...
06/04/2018 41 164
On 25th May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the UK. This replaces the Data Protection Act 1998, and improves th ...
05/25/2018 61 113
To mark Dementia Awareness Week, the Royal Commission has published “Memory Archive: ...
05/24/2018 134 40
The Royal Commission on the Ancient ...
05/23/2018 79 95
I have to admit that I was rather surprised to be reminded that I’ve now been a volunteer ...
05/22/2018 74 100
The wreck of the CORK is a poignant reminder of the essential ferry, cargo and mail-carrying ser ...
05/17/2018 59 164
Last night, the night of the 16 - 17 of May 2018, marks the 75th anniversary of the celebrated “Dambusters Raid” by aircraft from 617 Squadron led by ...
05/09/2018 58 164
3-4 November 2018 Pater Hall, Lewis Street, Pembroke Dock, SA72 6DD This two-day conference explores the experience of the mariners and communities of Wales ...
05/02/2018 57 164
David Thomas, head of Public Services interviews Carmen Mills about her passion for art and archaeology at the Commission’s tenth Digital Past conference held ...
05/01/2018 92 82
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wale ...
04/26/2018 46 164
The Multifaceted Face of Intellectual Property Rights at the Royal Commission The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales is the crea ...
04/24/2018 76 98
SS Boscastle was built in West Hartlepool for E. Jenkins and Co., Cardiff. Her description at ...
04/18/2018 49 164
The search is on for Wales’s Heritage Angels People who rescue historic buildings from neglect are to be recognised as ‘Heritage Angels’ by a new Welsh ...
04/05/2018 36 164
[caption id="attachment_9708" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Dan at the UAV academy 2017.[/caption] We would like to congratulate our CHERISH Inv ...
04/03/2018 92 82
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wale ...
03/28/2018 33 164
On Thursday 17th May 2018 CHERISH will be holding a Free Professional Seminar on Climate Change and Coastal Heritage at Venue Cymru, Llandudno, No ...
03/23/2018 101 73
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03/14/2018 76 98
One hundred and thirty seven years ago, bad weather would end Reverend George William Garrett ...
03/08/2018 66 108
To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, we’d like to introduce to you our female Commi ...
03/07/2018 75 99
So began the report sent on 7 March 1918 by Captain Martin Naismith VC to Vice Admiral Sir Lewi ...
03/05/2018 91 83
The Ceredigion Heritage Youth Panel, the CHYPs, has started on a new project at ...
03/01/2018 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
02/27/2018 21 164
Part of our work with the List of Historic Place Names is to encourage people from all parts of Wales to send their place names in to us. These names will not o ...
02/26/2018 65 109
As portrayed in the 2014 film Pride, the small Welsh mining village of Onllwyn in Neath Port Talbot was t ...
02/02/2018 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wa ...
01/11/2018 95 79
The Library & Enquiry Service will be closed: 8 – 12 January 2018 ...
01/10/2018 27 164
During a recent search through our collection of large Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photographic prints, we found a set from a flight that overflew Bridgend. ...
12/24/2017 30 164
SS AGBERI: The silent herald The sinking of the SS AGBERI is an event that, at first glance, has not received much attention among scholars, the media, or the ...
12/22/2017 72 102
One of the strategies that the British Admiralty developed to lure U-Boats to the surface and eng ...
12/22/2017 43 164
As it’s nearly Christmas, thoughts are turning towards Bethlehem, and the story of Jesus’ birth. But did you know that there is more than one Bethlehem? Thi ...
12/20/2017 59 164
On Wednesday 22 November 2017 the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, in partnership with Aberystwyth University School of Art, h ...
12/11/2017 77 97
An exciting new archaeological project has begun on the impressive coastal fort of Dinas Dinl ...
12/04/2017 95 79
The Library & Enquiry Service will be closed: 8 December, 13.00 – 1 ...
11/30/2017 103 71
An alliance of key agencies concerned with the UK’s historic envi ...
11/28/2017 132 42
The Stanley Sailors Home and Reading R ...
11/16/2017 55 164
The Royal Commission was set up in 1908 to research and record the buildings of historical, architectural and cultural importance in Wales, and perhaps no area ...
11/15/2017 119 55
Today the Heritage Lottery Fund announced a grant ...
11/10/2017 46 164
The trauma of the First World War influenced many writers in Wales, as elsewhere. This blog shows the homes associated with some of the influential war write ...
11/06/2017 42 164
Glamorgan has claim to some of the best-quality vernacular and elite domestic architecture in Wales, and the Royal Commission has led the way in its study. The ...
10/31/2017 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wa ...
10/20/2017 43 164
28 October, Swansea Book Fair, 10am–4pm. The Royal Commission will once again have a stand at this popular event held in Swansea Museum. Several Royal Commiss ...
10/12/2017 27 164
The Royal Commission Library is celebrating UK Libraries Week as an opportunity to show how libraries can enrich people’s lives. At the Commission we prov ...
10/10/2017 28 164
We’ve begun the (huge) work of transcribing and uploading the material pertaining to place names from Edward Lhuyd’s Parochialia. Whilst he was keeper of th ...
10/09/2017 35 164
Glamorgan is rich in the buildings of medieval and post-Reformation Christianity. There are some precious survivals of early interiors, especially wall paintin ...
10/03/2017 96 78
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
09/29/2017 85 89
[caption id="attachment_7531" align="aligncenter" width="850"] The ford at Rhydwhyman ...
09/28/2017 58 164
In 2007, the Royal Commission began a major new programme of research to extend the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) to cover the UK’s share of the C ...
09/25/2017 46 164
The Royal Commission is committed to ensuring there is equality of opportunity for all in the delivery of its functions and services, fostered in an environ ...
09/22/2017 21 115
The latest edition of the Royal Commission’s Annual Report is now available to download from our website. ...
09/13/2017 61 113
This year the Royal Commission has a busy Autumn/Winter programme with Open Doors events, and a number of his ...
09/10/2017 48 164
Do you care for or work with people living with dementia? To mark National Dementia Carers Day we would like to invite you to our Explore your Archive: Memory A ...
08/31/2017 93 81
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wal ...
08/14/2017 47 164
On Christmas Day 1917, U-87 attacked a convoy in St George's Channel (in particular, the 4812-ton British steamship AGBERI). One of the convoy escorts, P56, was ...
08/02/2017 54 164
To celebrate and raise awareness of Wales’ religious heritage, the National Churches Trust (the UK’s church building support charity) has launched ‘Cymru ...
07/28/2017 91 83
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales ...
07/26/2017 38 164
The National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) has been awarded Archive Service Accreditation. Accredited Archive Services ensure the long-term collection, pr ...
07/05/2017 19 164
Over the last few months, the Royal Commission has been working with the BBC to record BBC Wales Broadcasting House, Llandaff, using 360° gigapixel photography ...
06/30/2017 91 83
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales ...
06/28/2017 41 164
In May this year the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales launched a new web service which aims to preserve and highlight the imp ...
06/22/2017 100 74
These beautiful drawings have been produced by the Royal Commission in ...
06/13/2017 60 164
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales is working alongside Bangor University and the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Wel ...
06/12/2017 105 69
An illustrated talk through the medium of English by Royal C ...
06/09/2017 75 99
Our second volunteer contribution comes from our former colleague Brian Malaws. He’s been ...
06/07/2017 76 98
As part of National Volunteer’s Week we’ve asked our volunteers to give us an update o ...
06/05/2017 90 84
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales ...
05/25/2017 24 164
The Project was undertaken as part of the work placement module, an important element of our History & Heritage Masters course at Aberystwyth Universit ...
05/23/2017 47 164
The Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Wales is a bilingual interpretative, educational and research resource aimed at raising awareness, increasing knowledg ...
05/22/2017 31 164
Hay Castle is one of numerous castles in the March, but it is exceptional in that it has been continuously occupied for the last 800 years. It has a residential ...
05/18/2017 63 111
Understanding the historic administrative boundaries of Wales and how they have changed over time is integ ...
05/11/2017 32 164
Following 6 years of archaeological work on Skomer Island by the Royal Commission, University of Sheffield and Cardiff University, it was great to showcase the ...
05/08/2017 45 164
The List of Historic Place Names of Wales, launched today, is a groundbreaking website that provides a fascinating insight into the landuse, archaeolo ...
04/30/2017 92 82
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wale ...
04/27/2017 71 103
The wreck of the First World War hospital ship HMHS Anglia has recently been given a des ...
04/01/2017 92 82
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wale ...
03/31/2017 107 67
After two years of planning, last Thursday saw the launch of th ...
03/22/2017 52 164
A multi-million pound European research project investigating the risks of climate change to the coastal landscapes of Wales and Ireland will be officially laun ...
03/17/2017 31 164
Reconstructing and conserving the prehistoric and Roman landscapes of north-west Wales A new study in progress by Emily La Trobe-Bateman PH.D The prehistor ...
03/08/2017 40 164
The National Library of Wales, The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales and The Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates, Bangor Univ ...
03/02/2017 54 164
Hi, I’m Ywain Tomos and I’ve been working in the Commission’s Library for four months – here’s some initial thoughts about my experiences settling int ...
03/01/2017 38 164
[caption id="attachment_5731" align="aligncenter" width="901"] St Mary's church, Abergavenny Church with daffodils, taken by Paul R. Davis, c.2011. PRD_02_0157[ ...
02/28/2017 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
02/27/2017 42 164
Can you help us to deliver the best possible historic environment services for the people of Wales? The Royal Commission on the Ancient and ...
02/10/2017 62 112
On 1 February 1917 Germany declared a renewal of 'unrestricted submarine warfare' in a last ferocious attemp ...
02/03/2017 47 164
The National Library of Wales lunchtime talk by Scott Lloyd, Introducing ‘The Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Wales’. The Royal Commission on the ...
02/01/2017 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wa ...
01/26/2017 43 164
Recently, as I was waiting to start a presentation on historical aerial photography at a hotel near Cardigan, I spotted an object placed on a hall-stand, and re ...
01/19/2017 64 110
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales invites you to attend: Digital ...
01/12/2017 57 164
The Royal Commission leads on new €4m EU funded project supporting collaboration on coastal and heritage sites in Wales and Ireland The Royal Commission, i ...
01/03/2017 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
12/19/2016 48 164
Snow offers a rare opportunity for seeing and recording sites in the Welsh landscape which, when covered by a blanket of snow, provide immaculate conditions for ...
12/09/2016 96 78
LIVE on #Periscope: Islands of Wales: Discovering the Archaeology of Sko ...
12/02/2016 125 49
Both Skomer and Grassholm are highly protecte ...
12/01/2016 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
11/25/2016 79 95
Trying to find out the history of the house we moved to in Corris Uchaf via a course on ...
11/24/2016 31 164
Anything to do with archaeology is full of surprises, and being a volunteer at the Royal Commission is no exception. Humble tasks, such as identifying duplica ...
11/23/2016 42 164
The Royal Commission’s successful move to the National Library of Wales has been marked by a generous gift of historic plans from supporters of the enterprisi ...
11/22/2016 57 164
Since the early days of cartography, those working on the maps have often hidden signatures or symbols within the complex lines and lettering. The Royal Comm ...
11/08/2016 51 164
23 November, Explore Your Archives: A full day of events and an opportunity to learn more about the History of your House with the Royal Commission and the Nati ...
11/07/2016 47 164
Registration is open! Registration for Digital Past 2017 is now open and, as spaces are limited, early booking is advised. Buy Tickets Delegate tic ...
11/03/2016 60 164
This beautiful model of Melingriffith Water Pump was designed, and produced, on a 3D printer by Roger John. Exhibited at the annual Conference of Industrial Arc ...
11/01/2016 94 80
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wa ...
10/25/2016 62 112
The uninhabited rocky island of Grassholm lies 15 kilometres west of the Marloes peninsula in south Pembroke ...
10/17/2016 44 164
A village war memorial in a South Wales valley has almost 150 names of those who died in the First World War. This is an extremely high figure for a small minin ...
10/11/2016 67 107
West African crew members were among the dead when the Falaba and Apapa ships were torpedoed off the We ...
10/07/2016 41 164
New technologies in heritage, interpretation and outreach. 15 and 16 February 2017, The Riverfront, Newport Call for contributions We are seeking ...
10/05/2016 64 110
The Commissioners appointed by the Crown to oversee the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Hi ...
10/04/2016 63 111
Wales has an extraordinary and diverse heritage, dating from prehistoric times to the present day. Each yea ...
09/30/2016 96 78
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of ...
09/29/2016 44 164
Today is World Maritime Day – a day set aside to celebrate the industry which quietly and efficiently, day and night, keeps the people of the world fed, clot ...
09/26/2016 21 116
The latest edition of the Royal Commission’s Annual Report is now available to download from our website. ...
09/19/2016 21 164
Our Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photography collections comprises 9 inch x 9 inch prints, and 20 inch x 20 inch enlargements. They reveal an amazing level o ...
09/15/2016 42 164
Can you help us to deliver the best possible historic environment services for the people of Wales? The Royal Commission on ...
09/05/2016 31 164
14 September, 2016 Location: National Library of Wales at 13:15 p.m. Frank Olding Heritage Officer for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council ...
09/02/2016 33 164
Open Day Thursday 8 September, 2016 10:00 - 17:00 at Royal Commission, Penglais Road, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3BU. The Royal Commission is opening ...
09/01/2016 64 110
Recently, the Royal Commission’s Maritime Officer, Deanna Groom, had the privilege of reviewing a samp ...
08/31/2016 93 81
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wal ...
08/30/2016 30 164
As part of our ongoing commitment to the enhancement of our customer service provision we are delighted to announce that Medwyn Parry, our aerial photographic s ...
08/16/2016 31 164
Very few people can say that they’ve seen a three-dimensional image of their great-great grandparents, but this is the case for Rod Primrose of Melbourne, Aus ...
08/12/2016 14 164
Rural Wales is governed by the cycles of the farming year: from winter sowing and spring lambing to the cutting of silage and the summer harvest. In places hous ...
08/03/2016 117 57
Thursday 4 August will see the launch of The Archaeol ...
08/01/2016 95 79
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of W ...
07/26/2016 55 164
On Tuesday, 2 August, Medwyn Parry from the Royal Commission will be giving a talk Cymru o’r awyr: Casgliad awyrluniau o 1918 hyd heddiw in Pabell y Cymdeith ...
07/19/2016 68 106
Archaeologists have announced the winners of this year’s British Archaeological Awards showcasin ...
07/15/2016 83 91
Further celebrations for Wales this week as Royal Commission publication Welsh Slate ...
07/07/2016 29 164
Following the move to our new premises in the National Library of Wales, the Royal Commission is improving its online services. Coflein has already been rel ...
07/05/2016 41 164
Following the Royal Commission’s successful relocation to new premises at the National Library of Wales we are pleased to announce that the new Library and Se ...
07/05/2016 27 164
Alongside the move to our new premises, the Royal Commissionis also going through a process of improving our online services, and the first of these improve ...
07/05/2016 82 92
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) A ...
06/14/2016 58 164
The archaeology of Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, is exceptionally well preserved. Across the island remains of boulder-built boundaries, neat stone walls and th ...
06/08/2016 27 164
One of the world’s most recognisable military structures is the humble half-cylindrical Nissen Hut. The simple design was developed by Canadian-American Capta ...
06/06/2016 31 164
The Royal Commission’s latest publication Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry was featured at this year’s Hay Festival with author David Gwy ...
06/03/2016 104 70
Judges have today released the shortlist for this year’s Bri ...
06/01/2016 45 164
During summer 2012, RCAHMW staff recorded a series of interviews with people who had a direct connection to the former rocket development site at Ynyslas, Cered ...
05/10/2016 61 113
We are pleased to announce that Dr David Gwyn, as author ofRoyal Commission publication Welsh Slate: Archaeol ...
05/09/2016 138 36
The Royal Commission, in partner ...
05/01/2016 83 91
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) ...
04/28/2016 62 112
There are 2590 recorded war memorials in Wales ranging from free-standing monuments and sculptural masterpie ...
04/13/2016 87 87
Gelligaer Common is one of the most remarkable archaeological landscapes in Wales a ...
03/31/2016 83 91
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) ...
03/22/2016 38 164
This is the first blog requesting assistance to identify the location of one of our Ordnance Survey large prints for 2016. The photograph is of a rural area, ...
03/17/2016 23 164
One of our small, but important collections of aerial photographs are annotated “CRAWFORD A.P.” on the reverse side of the prints. Osbert Guy Stanhope Cr ...
03/16/2016 68 106
Low winter sunlight, combined with low vegetation and bare woodland, is a rare time for the aerial arc ...
03/11/2016 36 164
The extensive collection of RAF aerial photographs held by the Royal Commission include vertical and low-level oblique views of Wales. The identification flight ...
03/09/2016 92 82
A day symposium to explore the role of maps in creating nations and national i ...
03/01/2016 46 164
As part of its historical aerial photographic archive, the Royal Commission holds a small collection of 63 of low-level oblique aerial photographs of the St Dav ...
02/29/2016 86 88
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMR ...
02/25/2016 43 164
On Friday, 4 March 2016, Dr Toby Driver FSA of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales will give a talk to the Pembrokeshire Histo ...
02/19/2016 82 92
Between 19 and 21 of February 1941 Swansea docks were the target of a sustained bombing ...
02/17/2016 98 76
Seventy years ago today, on 17 February 1946, the wartime adventures of ...
02/10/2016 77 97
The first Wales-only legislation to improve the protection and management of Wales’ unique ...
02/08/2016 40 164
A Gigapixel image is one comprising of billions of pixels, enabling you to view detail without the degradation you would see in a normal photograph. Current tec ...
02/08/2016 127 47
The Royal Commission has been trialing the ...
02/05/2016 91 83
Cynefin is an innovative project to digitise all the tithe maps of Wales. It is ...
02/03/2016 45 164
2016 marks Castell Coch’s 125th anniversary year and to celebrate, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service (Cadw) has released an archived suite ...
02/02/2016 104 70
The RCAHMW’s National Monuments Record (NMR) is Wales’ public ...
02/01/2016 85 89
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW ...
01/04/2016 86 88
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMR ...
12/23/2015 43 164
… four crewmen belonging to a Royal Naval Auxiliary Fleet trawler were fighting their way through heavy seas in a small boat to reach the stricken VAN STIRUM ...
12/17/2015 99 75
Today, 17 December, 2015, marks the centenary of the death of Syr John ...
12/02/2015 86 88
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMR ...
11/04/2015 43 164
Whilst we were researching material for our Explore Your Archives Open Day on the 18 November, we were sent these lovely images, very kindly donated to us by Da ...
10/30/2015 85 89
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW ...
10/26/2015 66 108
Recent accessions to the Royal Commission’s Digital Collections include a series of short video clips ...
10/22/2015 105 69
As part of this year’s Explore your Archives campaign, the Roya ...
10/01/2015 87 87
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NM ...
09/01/2015 84 90
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) ...
08/26/2015 30 164
House History The National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) holds a wealth of information relating to domestic properties, which can help p ...
08/19/2015 46 164
Uses Maps held in the National Monuments Record of Wales are available for consultation by researchers. In addition, Ordnance Survey 25’’-inch and 6’’- ...
08/17/2015 30 164
… Max Valentiner, one of the ablest and most ruthless commanders in the German submarine service, brought U38 to the narrowing of the shipping lanes in St Geo ...
08/12/2015 34 164
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 ...
08/06/2015 105 69
On Sunday 2 August, Natural Resources Wales and University of ...
08/03/2015 82 92
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) A ...
07/22/2015 35 164
… the most successful German U-boat of the Great War had stealthily left Welsh waters and returned to base, leaving behind it a trail of sunken and damaged ve ...
07/09/2015 46 164
This Friday, 10 July, Hen Gapel, Rhydowen, will re-open its doors to the public after undergoing a £153,000 restoration programme under the care of Addoldai Cy ...
06/30/2015 82 92
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) A ...
05/29/2015 125 49
Last week saw the official launch of the Roy ...
11/20/2014 44 164
One of the most frequently asked questions about historic houses is: ‘When exactly was it built?’ We can now answer that question in Snowdonia. Discover ...
03/17/2014 47 164
On Thursday, 12 March, students of archaeology, history, geography and heritage in general came from all over Wales to the Royal Commission’s Careers in ...
02/28/2014 52 164
Last week’s community heritage day in Borth, organised by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales gave some real i ...
01/10/2014 54 164
The recent high tides battering the promenade in Aberystwyth have revealed the remains of the town’s earliest custom built bath-house, as well ...
10/11/2013 42 164
One of Wales’s great unsolved architectural mysteries has now been conclusively solved thanks to a partnership between the National Trust, the Royal Commiss ...
05/23/2013 61 113
[caption id="attachment_12309" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Y Neuadd, late Tudor Hous ...
05/02/2013 23 164
[caption id="attachment_12288" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Uwchlaw’r–coed, NPRN:28881, the earliest Snowdonian house dated by inscription.[/caption] ...
02/01/2013 24 164
Throughout February events will be taking place across the UK to recognise the contribution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to British h ...
01/21/2013 47 164
Dr Cheryl Morgan of Raglan Local Archives will be at Digital Past 2013 talking about the latest digital projects that have been taking place within the Ragl ...
01/16/2013 71 103
Our popular ‘Inside Welsh Homes’ exhibition is moving on once again, this time to Gwynedd Museu ...
01/03/2013 35 164
Dr Ted Jones of the National Library of Wales will be presenting on the digiDo Project at Digital Past 2013. The Theatre of Memory programme has aimed to d ...
12/18/2012 25 164
[caption id="attachment_13862" align="aligncenter" width="850"] The west window at St. Deiniol’s Church in Hawarden, Flintshire, showing the Adoration of the ...
12/14/2012 46 164
Mike Postons, director at 3Deep Media is confirmed as a keynote speaker at Digital Past 2013. Mike will be talking about developments in digita ...
12/11/2012 58 164
Andrew Kerry-Bedell of KB consultants and IT's in Conservation will be at Digital Past 2013 to talk about the use of smartphone technology in providing mo ...
12/06/2012 38 164
Inside Welsh Homes Last night, 5th December, despite the cold, many people turned out for the launch of the Royal Commission’s latest book, Y Tu Mewn i ...
11/29/2012 38 164
PILOTING THE INTERNET ‘Getting the best of Britain from Above’ Friday 7, December, 2012 Penparcau Community Education Centre, Aberystwyth ...
11/27/2012 46 164
[caption id="attachment_13848" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Book cover of Y Tu Mewn i Gartrefi Cymru: Inside Welsh Homes.[/caption] On Wednesda ...
11/22/2012 57 164
[caption id="attachment_13842" align="aligncenter" width="850"] In Wales, the ‘best’ crockery is most often on display, arrayed in splendour on a dresser. T ...
11/19/2012 43 164
[caption id="attachment_13834" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Redundant tank used for target practice at Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire.[/caption] W ...
11/13/2012 66 108
1-3pm Tuesday, 20 November, 2012 A free session to boost confidence and skills when usi ...
10/24/2012 42 164
[caption id="attachment_13822" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Amlwch Port, Anglesey.[/caption] Tell us your stories! Bring your old photos of Am ...
10/11/2012 37 164
[caption id="attachment_13816" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Aerial photograph showing wartime damage in central Swansea. AFR10857 NPRN 33145[/caption] &n ...
10/10/2012 35 164
The fifth episode in the BBC Wales series ‘The Story of Wales: A New Beginning’ will explore how the discovery of steam coal in the Rhondda ...
10/10/2012 41 164
[caption id="attachment_13803" align="aligncenter" width="850"] RCAHMW 3D model of the engine house at Hafod Copperworks, HMC805, nprn:- 33710[/caption] &nbs ...
10/05/2012 111 63
On Saturday 13 October, Royal Commission st ...
10/04/2012 37 164
[caption id="attachment_13791" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Gwydir Castle, Caernarfonshire DS2007_340_012 NPRN 26555[/caption] Episode 3 of “ ...
10/03/2012 35 164
Following last night’s showing of the first episode of “The Story of Wales”, the second episode will be shown tonight on BBC2 at 7 pm. Episode 2, “P ...
10/03/2012 39 164
[caption id="attachment_13779" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Tre'r Ceiri hillfort, Caernarfonshire, AP_2007_0226 NPRN 95292[/caption] Tonight se ...
09/25/2012 22 164
Despite being full of fascinating information about changes in living conditions, fashions, individual expression and people’s lives generally, ...
09/20/2012 50 164
In the last week, our team has been preparing some of Falcon Hildred’s original drawings for exhibition at Ironbridge Gorge Museum in October. Over 40 of ...
09/13/2012 64 110
Event Date: 2-4pm, Friday 21, September 2012 Location: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical ...
09/12/2012 40 164
[caption id="attachment_13736" align="aligncenter" width="850"] The Oakeley Gash, 1974 A panorama of the terraced working of the Oakeley slate quarries, seen as ...
09/02/2012 36 164
Our successful scanning events this summer saw people kindly bring in photographs and other archive material to be scanned for upload to the People's Collectio ...
08/30/2012 82 92
[caption id="attachment_13725" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Fields of Play: The Spor ...
08/30/2012 42 164
[caption id="attachment_13719" align="aligncenter" width="850"] A delighted Mr Mike Buzzard receives his prize in the Royal Commission’s library.[/caption] ...
08/29/2012 25 164
[caption id="attachment_13713" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Miners’ settlement at Hen Barc, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire. DS2009_104_006 NPRN 409281[/caption ...
08/28/2012 22 164
[caption id="attachment_13704" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Y Gaer Fawr, Carmarthenshire. AP_2007_0753 NPRN 100866[/caption] Royal Commission ...
08/24/2012 32 164
[caption id="attachment_13695" align="aligncenter" width="850"] RAF aerial photograph showing remains of Middleton Hall in August 1948; destroyed by fire in 193 ...
08/24/2012 35 164
[caption id="attachment_13688" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Our homes are often considered a reflection of our values, beliefs and attitudes. Isaac Haley li ...
08/23/2012 26 164
[caption id="attachment_13678" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Aerial view of Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth.[/caption] In the 500 years before the Romans ...
08/23/2012 38 164
[caption id="attachment_13671" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Prof. Chris Williams, Commissioner and Chairman of the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative, will b ...
08/22/2012 38 164
[caption id="attachment_7241" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Castle House still standing after two twentieth-century fires. DS2012_280_009 NPRN 25592[/caption ...
08/01/2012 71 103
[caption id="attachment_13661" align="aligncenter" width="850"] National Eisteddfod, 2012[/caption] ...
07/26/2012 110 64
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06/28/2012 40 164
[caption id="attachment_13647" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Dr Peter Wakelin, Secretary of the Royal Commission accepting his award at the RSAW ceremony hel ...
06/25/2012 93 81
[caption id="attachment_13635" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Aberystwyth N ...
02/02/2011 42 164
[caption id="attachment_13070" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Wig-wen-fach: interior view with scarfed cruck. Image: DS2010_116_003 / NPRN: 35396[/caption] ...
01/27/2011 44 164
[caption id="attachment_14316" align="aligncenter" width="850"] View of Nelson Handball Court taken 1965. Image/Llun: DI2009_0719[/caption] Nelson Ha ...
01/26/2011 46 164
[caption id="attachment_13058" align="aligncenter" width="850"] Pantyrhwch after restoration. Image: DS2011_056_001[/caption] Pantyrhwch, Llanwnnen ...
08/23/2010 18 164
[caption id="attachment_13176" align="aligncenter" width="850"] The Chirk Aqueduct[/caption] Thomas Telford and William Jessop originally planned f ...
08/06/2010 47 164
Pembrokeshire: Historic Landscapes from the Air By T.G. Driver, 2007. The historic landscapes of Pembrokeshire are among the most diverse and fascinat ...
04/20/2010 66 108
The Welsh Cottage By Eurwyn Wiliam, 2010 The Traditional cottage is one of the most distinctive fe ...
