A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales
A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales

Author: Sian E. Rees

Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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This guidebook takes the reader on a tour of the history of Clwyd and Powys visiting 150 well preserved monuments which are accessible to the public. It covers the area roughly equivalent to the old counties of Flint, Denbigh, and part of Merioneth (together forming Clwyd) and Montgomery, Radnor and Brecon (Powys). Part of a series of four regional guides to Wales, this book provides the reader with a tangible link with the past.

A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales
A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales

Author: Sian E. Rees

Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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This guidebook takes the reader on a tour of the history of Clwyd and Powys visiting 150 well preserved monuments which are accessible to the public. It covers the area roughly equivalent to the old counties of Flint, Denbigh, and part of Merioneth (together forming Clwyd) and Montgomery, Radnor and Brecon (Powys). Part of a series of four regional guides to Wales, this book provides the reader with a tangible link with the past.

Gower
Gower

Author: Diane M. Williams

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781857600735

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A fully illustrated handy guidebook to the castles and historical monuments of the Gower Peninsula, namely Oxwich, Weobley, Loughor and Swansea castles and Parc Le Breos chambered tomb, with historical notes on the area from Norman to current times, together with features on Sir Rice Mansel and the Oxwich Brooch.

The History of Wales in Twelve Poems
The History of Wales in Twelve Poems

Author: M. Wynn Thomas

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2021-09-15

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1786837684

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Down the centuries, poets have provided Wales with a window onto its own distinctive world. This book gives a sense of the view seen through that special window in twelve illustrated poems, each bringing very different periods and aspects of the Welsh past into focus. Together, they give the flavour of a poetic tradition, both ancient and modern, in the Welsh language and in English, that is internationally renowned for its distinction and continuing vibrancy.

The Welsh Language
The Welsh Language

Author: Janet Davies

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2014-01-15

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1783160209

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The existence of the Welsh-language can come as a surprise to those who assume that English is the foundation language of Britain. However, J. R. R. Tolkien described Welsh as the 'senior language of the men of Britain'. Visitors from outside Wales may be intrigued by the existence of Welsh and will want to find out how a language which has, for at least fifteen hundred years, been the closest neighbour of English, enjoys such vibrancy, bearing in mind that English has obliterated languages thousands of miles from the coasts of England. This book offers a broad historical survey of Welsh-language culture from sixth-century heroic poetry to television and pop culture in the early twenty-first century. The public status of the language is considered and the role of Welsh is compared with the roles of other of the non-state languages of Europe. This new edition of The Welsh Language offers a full assessment of the implications of the linguistic statistics produced by the 2011 Census. The volume contains maps and plans showing the demographic and geographic spread of Welsh over the ages, charts examining the links between words in Welsh and those in other Indo-European languages, and illustrations of key publications and figures in the history of the language. It concludes with brief guides to the pronunciation, the dialects and the grammar of Welsh.

Welsh Castles
Welsh Castles

Author: Adrian Pettifer

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780851157788

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History of and gazetteer to all surviving Welsh castles - the majority 13c - arranged by county, with full OS details.

The Archaeology of the Welsh Uplands
The Archaeology of the Welsh Uplands

Author: David M. Browne

Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1871184266

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Cyfrol llawn lluniau yn archwilio i ardaloedd ucheldirol Cymru, gyda sylw arbennig i hanes a gorffennol diwydiannol yr ardaloedd hyn a'u pwysigrwydd i ddatblygiad cymdeithasol ac economaidd y wlad. Cyhoeddwyd yn wreiddiol yn Mawrth 2004. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Welsh Slate
Welsh Slate

Author: David Gwyn

Publisher: RCAHMW

Published: 2015-05-06

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 187118455X

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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.

Soulfaring
Soulfaring

Author: Cintra Pemberton

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 1999-10

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0819217808

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Pilgrimage-going to ancient holy sites in search of God-has become increasingly popular for people seeking to deepen their relationship with the Holy. Sister Cintra Pemberton seeks to enrich the experiences of today's pilgrims by helping them draw on the history of pilgrimage itself, as well as by suggesting particularly rich sites to visit. Part One of Soulfaring explores the history of pilgrimage, beginning in Celtic times, and moving through the early Christian period, the Middle Ages, and even the revival of pilgrimage today. Part Two explores fifteen sites in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Each of the descriptions of the various sites includes not only suggestions of what may be seen there, but the author's personal meditations on the experience of the Holy in each place.