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Welsh Slate
Slates from quarries in Wales once went to roof the world. By the late nineteenth century as many as a third of all the roofing slates produced worldwide came from Wales, competing with quarries in France and the United States. This book traces the industry from its origins in the Roman period, its slow medieval development and then its massive expansion in the nineteenth century – as well as through its long drawn-out decline in the twentieth.
Cardiganshire County History Volume 2
Cardiganshire County History Volume 2 is published by the University of Wales Press on behalf of the Ceredigion Historical Society, in association with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. This volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative account, written by distinguished authors in fifteen chapters, of the wide range of social, economic, political, religious and cultural forces that shaped the ethos and character of the county of Cardiganshire over a period of 600 years. This was a period of great turbulence and change. It witnessed conquest and castle-building, the impact of the Glyndŵr rebellion, the coming of the Protestant Reformation, and the tur...
Darganfod Tai Hanesyddol Eryri: Discovering the Historic Houses of Snowdonia
This book presents the results of a successful project to establish the date and social context of some of the earliest houses in Snowdonia. This partnership project between the Dating Old Welsh Houses Group and the RCAHMW involved many householders and about 200 local people in an ambitious exercise in community archaeology.
Temlau Peintiedig
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Houses of the Welsh Countryside
When this book was first published in 1975 it was at once enthusiastically received by scholars and the general public alike and recognized as a classic of its genre. It represented a notable publication of the early fruits of the Commission's work on the side of its responsibility for the National Monuments Record for Wales. During the years which have since intervened, much fresh information has come to light concerning Welsh houses - not least because of the intense interest awakened by the original publication. This new knowledge has, as far as possible, been incorporated in the new and revised edition, which contains approximately onequarter more material than the first. Although it has...
Wales and the Sea - 10,000 Years of Welsh Maritime History
An ambitious and extremely comprehensive reference book with hundreds of colour photos, presenting the whole of Wales' maritime history.
Hidden Histories
Hidden Histories shows how the heritage of Wales has been rediscovered and understood during a century of investigation. One hundred picture essays, supported by concise introductions to each era, illustrate sites, buildings and monuments that reflect the story of Wales from prehistory to the present.
Welsh Witches
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