Royal Commission Archive & Library Bulletin of Newly Catalogued Material – August 2022

Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) Archives and Library Bulletin which lists all newly catalogued material. The archival items, library books and journal articles are all available to view in our public reading room. The full archive catalogue is available on Coflein and contains digital copies of many of the items listed. All publications may be found on our online Library Catalogue.

Our Library and reading room is open:
We are open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 – 16:00, Wednesday 10:30-16:30
An appointment is advisable.

Archives

Archive items have been added to the following collections in the past month:

Many of these items are hard copy, including large scale plans, photographs and reports, and are available to view in our searchroom in Aberystwyth; others are digital and can be viewed on our online catalogue Coflein.

Now catalogued and available on Coflein:

Photograph from a survey of the wreck of the paddle steamer ALBION, which lies partially submerged on the beach at Albion Sands, Pembrokeshire. Taken by Hannah Genders Boyd. The wreck has been monitored by the RCAHMW on a regular basis since 2017 as part of the CHERISH project.
Photograph from a survey of the wreck of the paddle steamer ALBION, which lies partially submerged on the beach at Albion Sands, Pembrokeshire. Taken by Hannah Genders Boyd. The wreck has been monitored by the RCAHMW on a regular basis since 2017 as part of the CHERISH project.
Aerial photograph showing view of the dam at Llys y Fran Reservoir, Pembrokeshire, under drought conditions. Taken during the Royal Commission’s programme of archaeological aerial reconnaissance by Toby Driver on 19 August 2022.
Aerial photograph showing view of the dam at Llys y Fran Reservoir, Pembrokeshire, under drought conditions. Taken during the Royal Commission’s programme of archaeological aerial reconnaissance by Toby Driver on 19 August 2022.
Digital colour photograph from a survey of four surviving promenade shelters between Rhos-on-Sea and Colwyn Bay. The Modernist style shelters, built c.1969, were part of the post-war optimism in the return of the seaside holiday and the accompanying spending that was taking place in updating the facilities at resorts such as Rhos and Colwyn Bay.
Digital colour photograph from a survey of four surviving promenade shelters between Rhos-on-Sea and Colwyn Bay. The Modernist style shelters, built c.1969, were part of the post-war optimism in the return of the seaside holiday and the accompanying spending that was taking place in updating the facilities at resorts such as Rhos and Colwyn Bay.
Digital image from an UAV survey of Dobby's Grave looking north-east across Freshwater West beach. The low cairn constructed of beach pebbles, commemorates the fictional character ‘Dobby the Elf’, whose death scene and burial was filmed at Freshwater West for the film ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1’. The cairn has become a place of peaceful contemplation for many of its visitors.
Digital image from an UAV survey of Dobby’s Grave looking north-east across Freshwater West beach. The low cairn constructed of beach pebbles, commemorates the fictional character ‘Dobby the Elf’, whose death scene and burial was filmed at Freshwater West for the film ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1’. The cairn has become a place of peaceful contemplation for many of its visitors.

Books

All our books and journals can be found on the Royal Commission’s Library Catalogue and viewed in our Library and Search Room.

  • How, Chris. 2022. Historic French Nails, Screws and Fixings: Tools and Techniques. England: Tools and Trades History Society.
  • Lewis, David. 2022. The Rhys, Rice and Dinefwr families of Dinefwr Castle and Newton House. Carmarthenshire: T R Lewis.
  • Stifter, David. 2022. Ogam: language, writing, epigaraphy. Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza.

Journals

  • The Antiquaries Journal Volume 101 (2021).
  • Antiquity Volume 96 (Numbers 385-388, February – August 2022).
  • Architects’ Journal Volumes 249 (Part 07, 14/07/2022 and Part 08, 25/08/2022).
  • Architects’ Journal Specification Volumes July (2022) and August (2022).
  • Archive: The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History Volume 115 (September 2022).
  • British Archaeology Volume 186 (September/October 2022).
  • C20 Volume 1 (2022).
  • Chapels Society Newsletter Volume 81 (August 2022).
  • Domestic Buildings Research Group News Volume 151 (June 2022).
  • Essex Historic Buildings Group Newsletter Volume 6 (September 2022).
  • Heritage Now: The Magazine of Historic Buildings & Places Volume 2 (Summer 2022).
  • Historic Churches Volume 29 (2022).
  • Maplines: The Magazine of The British Cartographic Society (Summer 2022).
  • Past: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society Volume 101 (Summer 2022).
  • Railway and Canal Historical Society Bulletin Volume 498 (July 2022).
  • Railway and Canal Historical Society Journal Volume 244 (July 2022).
  • The Railway Magazine Volumes 1426 January – 1437 December (2020).
  • Sheetlines Volume 124 (Summer 2022).
  • Talyllyn News Volumes 265 March – 274 June.
  • Tijdschrift van de Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed Volume 3 (2022).
  • Tools and Trades Volume 152 (Summer 2022).
  • Vernacular Architecture Group Newsletter Volume 83 (July 2022).
  • The Welsh History Review – Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru Volume 31 (June 2022).
  • Welsh Mills Society Newsletter Volume 148 (July 2022).
  • Welsh Railways Archive Volume VII, No. 5 (May 2022).
  • Welsh Railways Research Circle Newsletter Volume 170 (Summer 2022).

Journals: Current Awareness

  • C20 Volume 1 (2022) p. 14 C20 Cymru chair Susan Fielding charts a year of Welsh heritage campaigns; In brief News from Wales; p. 44 Senedd building needs listing.
  • Past: the newsletter of the Prehistoric Society Volume 100 (Spring 2022) p.14-15, Examining Neolithic mortuary treatment in caves: Ogof Colomendy, North Wales, Eirini Konstantinidi.
  • Railway & Canal Historical Society Journal Volume 40 (Part 8, No. 244, July 2022), p.461, Before the railways: the early steamers of Cardiganshire, M R Cannop Price.

Contact us

If you have any comments or enquiries, please feel free to contact us:

NMRW Library and Enquiries Service
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Penglais Road
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion SY23 3BU

Telephone: +44 (0)1970 621200
Email: nmr.wales@rcahmw.gov.uk
Website: rcahmw.gov.uk

Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg | Correspondence welcomed in Welsh and English

21/09/2022

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