---

---

---

 

 

 

 

Ammanford Police station, built 1906

Dynevor Arms, Pantyffynnon

Ammanford Station (formally Tirydail)

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY SOCIETY Ammanford and District

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

CONTENTS Home Page Newsletters Meetings and Events Links to Related Sites Constitution

Next Meeting – 7 pm Monday, November 16th 2008 The next Archaeology and History Society Meeting will be at 7 pm, Monday, November 17th, 2008, at  Ammanford Evangelical Church, Wind Street (former English Wesleyan Church), opposite the Welsh Hospitals and Salvation Army charity shops. Just to remind members, our meetings will be taking place on the third Monday of the month unless stated otherwise. The speaker will be Toby Driver talking on the archaeology and history of Carmarthenshire from the air. Aerial photography is just one of many new technologies which are proving invaluable for indentifying hidden archaeological features which can't otherwise be seen on the ground. Notes on Toby Driver Toby Driver is the Aerial Investigator at the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.  After graduating from Southampton University with a degree in archaeology in 1993, he joined the Royal Commission in 1995. Between 2002-2005 he was Chairman of the international Aerial Archaeology Research Group (AARG), and has lectured on aerial archaeology in Hungary, Poland and Finland. He was awarded his PhD in 2006, for a study of the Iron Age hillforts and landscapes of north Ceredigion. He has published widely on Welsh archaeology and his 2007 book for the Royal Commission, Pembrokeshire: Historic Landscapes from the Air , was well received; it is now in its second edition. His paper on ‘The present and future of aerial photography in Carmarthenshire' will be published in 2009 in Carmarthenshire and beyond: Studies in History and Archaeology in Memory of Terry James. SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS: Here is a list of talks we have organised for 2009 and 2008. All meetings will start at 7 pm unless otherwise indicated. To make it easier for members to remember when we meet, our meetings are planned for the third Monday of the month, unless exceptional circumstances cause us to change the date. This programme may be subject to unavoidable change. DATE (MONDAY) SPEAKER SUBJECT 2009     January 19th Alun Morgan Educational Developments and the School Inspectorate in Wales, from 1839 to the present. February 16th Roy Amman Davies Tales, trails and heritage. Interpreting the histories of Ammanford and Llandeilo March 16th Heather James Gwaun Henllan, Llandybie in the Teilo Gospels - the oldest recorded meadow in Wales. April 20th Dominic Conway Cwrt Farm, Burry Port May 18th Lynn Hughes The history of Llandeilo's bridges June 15th Chris Delaney An overview of Carmarthenshire archaeology. July 20th Terry Norman Llandeilofawr Workhouse punishment book 1878-1907. August 17th   No meeting due to summer holidays September 21st Dr Kate Roberts, Cadw Inspector of Ancient Monuments Cadw Guardianship sites in Carmarthenshire including some historical information and also considering the conservation work which Cadw carries out. October 19th John Skinner Cinema at the Coalface: Miners Halls in the Swansea and Amman valleys. November 16th Reverend Adrian Teale, vicar of Brynamman Church development in Ammanfrord. December 21st Sulwyn Thomas A History of broadcasting in Wales.   2008 Monday Jan 21st Terry Norman The History of how Ammanford's Heol Wallasey got its name Monday Feb 18th Rev John Walters, vicar of Pontardulais Llandeilo Talybont Church, Pontardulais Monday March 17th Dominic Conway Bridges of Carmarthenshire Monday April 21st Gwilym Hughes, Chief Inspector of CADW The Fan Foel excavation in 2005 Monday May 19th Chris Delaney An overview of the archaeology of Carmarthenshire. Monday June 16th Wayne Lewis The medieval Lordship of Iscennen Monday July 21st Lynn Davies Further aspects of the Musical Culture of the Amman Valley from 1918-today Monday Aug 18th No meeting Holiday period Monday Sept 15th Cliff Jones A history of mining in south Wales Monday Oct 20th Ken Burton: Ammanford during World War 2 Monday Nov 17th Toby Driver Aerial photography and archaeology Monday Dec 15th       PREVIOUS SPEAKERS 2007 Monday Jan 15th Bill Jones Emigration from the Amman Valley in the 19th and 20th centuries. Monday Feb 19th Dr. Lyn Davies Musical culture in the Amman Valley. Monday Mar 19th Gwilym Hughes Roman fort at Llandeilo Monday Apr 16th Revd. Adrian Teale Church expansion in the upper Amman valley. Monday May 21st Gomer Davies, Mike Smith and Simon Shepherd Amman Valley railways. Monday June 18th Bill Toye History of post cards and postal history. Monday July 16th Lynn Hughes Royal Defiance (cycle and motor cycle) Co. of Glanamman & Johannesburg. Monday Aug 20th No meeting Holiday period. Monday Sept 17th Ken Burton Ammanford during World War I Monday Oct 15th Terry Norman A brief history of Ammanford from 800 AD Monday Nov 19th Richard Jones Development of archaeolgical techniques and archaeology in the Ammanford area. Monday Dec 17th Ken Murphy Recent work on pehistoric farmsteads in West Wales   2006 Monday Sept 18th John Dorian Evans Betws New Mine Monday Oct 16th Roger Turvey The Lord Rhys, 12th century King of south west Wales (the Kingdom of Deheubarth). Monday Nov 20th Julian Orbach Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion volume in the Pevsner Buildings of Wales series. Monday Dec 18th Thomas Lloyd Country houses of the parish of Llandybie and Betws.