Just a Quick Note - 03/11/22

Just a Quick Note – 03/11/22

BEING SANTA – AGM – QUIZ – LITTER PICK – ARCHAEOLOGY – SWARD MANAGEMENT – WIND FARM ON MYNYDD MAEN – NEWPORT CASTLE Just a…

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Just a Quick Note - 06/10/22

Just a Quick Note – 06/10/22

Just a Quick Note 6th October 2022 The e-newsletter of the Twmbarlwm Society Hello Folks It would appear that Autumn is well and truly upon…

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Being Santa

Being Santa

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society presents an illustrated talk entitled: BEING SANTA The History of Father Christmas and Life in the Grotto An entertaining talk by ROGER…

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Just a Quick Note - 02/09/22

Just a Quick Note – 02/09/22

Just a Quick Note 2nd September 2022 The e-newsletter of the Twmbarlwm Society Hello Folks Well that was a busy August – three weeks of…

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Newport Castle - Why? When? Who?

Newport Castle – Why? When? Who?

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society presents an illustrated talk entitled: History of Newport Castle – Why? When? Who? by Will Davies (of ‘Cadw’) Monday 10th October 2022 Crosskeys…

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Bio-Blitz Walks

Bio-Blitz Walks

  This event has been and gone and was very successful – we will publish a report about it very soon.      << HERE’S A…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Week 3

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Week 3

Twmbarlwm Excavation 2022 – Week Three I’ve already given you my version of events for the past week but here’s a summary from lead archaeologist…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 13

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 13

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 13 Wednesday 24th August 2022 Another misty start to the day – 5 volunteers today including one new one (although…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 12

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 12

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 12 Tuesday 23rd August 2022 A few notes from Norman who heroically went up and down the mountain twice today…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Week 2

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Week 2

Twmbarlwm Excavation 2022 – Week Two And here’s a few words from our man at CPAT, Wil Logan, on how he saw the events of…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 9

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 9

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 9 Thursday 18th August 2022 Words yet to come – but here are the photos CLICK HERE to see a…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 8

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 8

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 8 Wednesday 17th August 2022   A day off for me – so Norman signed the volunteers in and prepared…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 7

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 7

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 Day 7 Tuesday 16th August 2022 Managed to get up to the car park first today – a bit cooler today than…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 6

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 6

TWMBARLWM DIG 2022 – Day 6 Monday 15th August 2022 Don’t you just love the British weather – having called off the dig on the…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - The Lost Weekend

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – The Lost Weekend

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 The lost weekend 13th – 14th August 2022 SATURDAY After promoting this weekend as “Open Days” with various activities planned, it was…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 5

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 5

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 Day 5 Friday 12th August 2022 CANCELLED After yesterday’s searing temperatures at the top and with the Met Office amber warning of…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 4

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 4

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 4 Thursday 10th August Three volunteers waiting for me when I arrived at 9am and another old mate of mine,…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 3

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 3

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 3 Wednesday 9th August I arrived to do my usual school teacher’s bit of taking the register of the volunteers…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 2

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 2

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 2 Tuesday 9th August Another very sunny and very hot morning and again today’s volunteers were there waiting for me…

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Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 - Day 1

Twmbarlwm Dig 2022 – Day 1

TWMBARLWM DIG 2022 DAY 1 – Monday 8th August 2022 After a hectic few weeks of form filling and desk-bound admin it was a relief to…

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