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The Royal Commission is the investigating body and national archive for the historic environment of Wales. It has the lead role in ensuring that Wales' archaeological, built and maritime heritage is authoritatively recorded and properly understood, and seeks to promote appreciation of this heritage nationally and internationally.
What's new?
A New Publication!
The Welsh Cottage. Building traditions of the rural poor 1750-1900
The Traditional cottage is one of the most distinctive features of the landscape of Wales. With the loss of thousands of examples over the past century it has become almost an endangered species, but a great deal has been learned from studying cherished survining buildings and making a careful record of others before they were lost forever. The earth or timber walls, pebble floors, and roofs of rush, turf and stone in these humble buildings, among other features, tell a fascinating story of distinctive local traditions, skills handed down from generation to generation, and the struggle to survive.
New electronic book.
Pembrokeshire Inventory (1925)
Learning:
How did the lives of people living in Blaenavon change during the nineteenth century?
These interactive resources provide opportunities for Key Stage 2 pupils to develop thinking skills through an historical enquiry – investigating changes to people’s lives in Blaenavon in the nineteenth century.
Aerofilms Collection
We are developing a project with English Heritage and RCAHMS to make the Aerofilms Collection of aerial photography accessible by conserving it, cataloguing it and putting the images online. If you would you like to be kept up-to-date with this project, please send an e-mail to aerofilms@english-heritage.org.uk asking to join the mailing list and we will occasionally send you news and information by e-mail. Your e-mail address given in this way won't be used for any other purpose.
Cofnod is the newsletter of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Cofnod is now available as a downloadable PDF.
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