Sat. 8 June 2013. Day trip by car to Crickhowell Castle and Tretower Court. Meet at Crickhowell Castle at 10.30 am. Directions: Park in the town and Walk to the Castle. Opposite Crickhowell Resource and Information Centre in the centre of the town is a pay and display car park. The Castle began life as [...]
You can visit Cineworld, Newport at 7pm to see ‘Pompeii Live’ a film about the wonders of the exhibition from the comfort of the cinema, based on the ‘Life and Death in Pompei and Herculaneum’ exhibition at the British Museum. The address of the cinema is Newport Retail Park, Spytty Road. ACTION: To book at [...]
Sat. 6 July 2013 an invitation to join Cardiff Archaeological Society on a visit to the Mary Rose Museum. They are fortunate to be one of the first groups to visit the new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth. This stunning new £35m Museum, opening this June, takes an ‘inside-out’ approach to display, cradling Henry VIII’s [...]
Sat 13 July 2013: Day trip by coach to Montgomery with Jeremy Knight. There will be a coffee and comfort stop on the way. The Castle: Jeremy excavated Montgomery Castle in the 1960s. Entrance to the castle is free. The castle stands on a rocky promontory above the town of Montgomery. Precipitous slopes to the [...]
Wednesday 14 August, 11am: Early medieval site of Dinas Powys, with Dr Alan Lane from Cardiff University (Map Reference ST17SW) Dinas Powys is a key site in south Wales, and an example of a court or Llys which were often placed within former hill forts. Dinas Powys hill fort was the seat of minor Welsh [...]
September date to be arranged: Day visit by coach to Malmesbury and Badminton House. (Only 30 people): If you are interested could you please let us know. We will then advise you of the details as soon as they are finalised. Malmesbury: Here we will view the Abbey which dominates the town. Only a third [...]
Saturday 5 October: A Tour of Newport Museum with curator, Oliver Blackmore. 2pm and 3pm There will be two tours as Oliver feels 15 at a time is best. Please indicate which tour you want to take part in, by contacting us. The museum holds the finds of the Caerwent excavations some of which were [...]
17 October at 6.30pm. A Tour of the National Roman Legion Museum Caerleon with curator Dr Mark Lewis. Mark will show us the museum exhibits and tell us about the latest research concerning the Roman soldier who was born and grew up in our area. Mark will also tell us about the future plans for [...]
Saturday, 23 November: A Local Archaeological/History Day, in conjunction with the local history and archaeological societies. More details will become available later and letters/emails will be sent to out to historical and archaeological societies. Please contact us if you are a member of a society that would like to take part. This is a new [...]
Fri. 6 December 2013: Social at our Secretary’s and Treasurer’s home As usual we finished the year with a social and the members who attended not only had a pleasurable evening, but helped raise money for the association.