Did you take part in our Ancient Trackways project last year? You can now read the report below.
This project wouldn’t have been possible without the fantastic volunteers that helped us. Thank-you all!
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Did you take part in our field walking project last year? You can now read the report below.
This project wouldn’t have been possible without the fantastic volunteers that helped us. Thank-you all!
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Would you like to learn more about how to research ancient trackways?
Then we have the event for you!
Discussion led by Richard Daugherty (local historian and researcher) – come and learn about a case study and discuss sources and methods available.
Date: Friday 20th January
Place: Heathfield House, SA1 6EL
Time: 1pm
Places are limited so please contact sarahjayne@ggat.org.uk to book – please note this event will only go ahead with enough interest
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Do you have an interest in the Archaeology of Gower?
Would you like to learn how to survey ancient trackways and date hedgerows?
Then we have the event for you!
Date: Sunday 4th December
Place: Meet at Oxwich Castle
Time: 10am (expected duration 4 hours walking)
Places are limited so please contact sarahjayne@ggat.org.uk to book
Please bring warm, waterproof clothing, suitable clothing and packed lunches.
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Hi, I’m Fiona and 2016 has been quite a journey for me with GGAT, fascinating, exciting and so fulfilling. I am now able to identify quite a good range of finds thanks to the expert tutelage of Steve Sell (freelance finds specialist and volunteer) and when I walk on Gower I rarely admire the view, my eyes are scouring the ground to see what I can find!
It all started back in February when following two ‘base camp’ HER training sessions on how to use aerial photography, Cynefin Tithe maps and LiDAR , plus the practicalities of laying out the field in grids etc, I embarked on my first ever field-walk at Monksland Farm, Scurlage on a bright, chilly day. I found pottery sherds and flint, mostly cores but some worked and discarded and ‘I was there’ when a trained archaeological eye picked up an amazing prehistoric tool , a flint scraper… it was so exciting to handle something made and used thousands of years ago!
Since then it has been nonstop with further field walks, a great Roadshow at the Gower Show where we met many enthused visitors who would love the Trust to ‘dig a little’ in their back yard, a real dig at Cyfartha , quite thrilling as post holes emerged in our trench, learning about map regression and using the newly acquired skills to plot ancient trackways on Gower, sorting, categorising ,weighing and recording finds and … so much more. This month myself and two other volunteers are ‘flying solo’ visiting, recording and photographing sites on the Gower which are/ could be of interest as we follow up some leads obtained at the roadshows. I also took a trip to the National Library as part of my own research to interrogate Tithe maps and other primary sources from the Penrice Estate.
Every time I visit the office I am being taught something new which broadens my knowledge and understanding of archaeology. I love it.Thank you Sarahjayne and Charina for sharing your expertise and enthusing me.
I always wanted to be an archaeologist but never took the leap, thanks to GGAT I am beginning to feel just a little like one. I wonder what the final weeks of 2016 will bring?
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Do you want to learn how to research Ancient Trackways?
Do you want to know more about maps available to you for research?
Then come and join us at West Glamorgan Archives to learn all about maps and other information available to you as part of our ancient trackways project. Places are limited so please contact sarahjayne@ggat.org.uk to reserve a space.
Date: 7/11/16
Time: 10am
Venue:
West Glamorgan Archive Services
Civic Centre
Oystermouth Road
Swansea
SA1 3SN
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Volunteers will shortly be going out to complete surveys of Ancient trackways identified through the project we have been running as part of the Gower Landscape Partnership. As part of the project we are running a training session on how to complete risk assessments to make sure our volunteers have an awareness of safety issues whilst working out on site.
Places are limited so please contact us to reserve a space sarahjayne@ggat.org.uk
The date and time have now been changed to the following:
Date: 18th October
Venue:
Glamorgan Gwent Archaeologist Trust
Heathfield House,
Swansea,
SA1 6EL
Time: 2pm
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
As part of the Gower Landscape Partnership project we have been working with Knelston Primary School. We previously went to visit them to show the children how to process archaeological finds; they followed this with a some questions they prepared for us which we have answered in our video: https://youtu.be/fuUz20h7okI
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Ever wanted to know how to date a hedgerow?
Come and join us to find out!
Alongside our finds roadshow at the Gower Ploughing Match this Sunday (25th September) at Reddenhill Farm, Parkmill, we are also running training sessions at 12pm and 2pm on hedgerow dating/survey.
Please be aware that places will be limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis on the day.
https://gowerlandscape.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/finds-roadshow-gower-ploughing-match/
This project is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
Our next training session as part of the Ancient Trackways Project will be led by our HER manager Charina Jones. This session will focus on digitally mapping ancient trackways on Gower.
Date: Thursday 8th September
Time: 10am
Venue: Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust,
Heathfield House
Heathfield
Swansea
SA1 6EL
Places are limited so please email sarahjayne@ggat.org.uk in advance to book a space.
This activity is supported by Gower Landscape Partnership, which is funded by Heritage Lottery fund, Natural Resources Wales, City and County of Swansea, and National Trust.
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