Yn y Drindod Dewi Sant, nid y darlithwyr yw’r unig rai sy’n mynd i gynadleddau academaidd.  Rydym hefyd yn annog ein myfyrwyr israddedig i samplu profiadau cynadleddau.  Ac i ysgolheigion yr oesoedd canol, nid oes cynhadledd fwy pwysig na’r Gynhadledd …

Myfyrwyr Llambed yn y Gynhadledd Ganoloesol Ryngwladol, Leeds Read more »

At UWTSD, it’s not only lecturers who go to academic conferences. We also encourage our undergraduates to sample the conference experience. And for medieval scholars, there’s no bigger conference than the International Medieval Congress (IMC) at the University of Leeds. …

Lampeter students at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds Read more »

Yn ogystal â dod ynghyd heno i wrando ar bapur gwych Harriett, rydym wedi ‎ymgasglu (heb yn wybod i William) i ddathlu gyrfa ddisglair William Marx a ‎chyfrol hyfryd sydd wedi’i chyhoeddi gan Brepols er clod i William. Felly heb …

Teyrnged i Waith Dr William Marx gan yr Athro Jane Cartwright Read more »

As well as coming along this evening to listen to Harriett’s superb paper, we’ve ‎also got together (unbeknown to William) to celebrate William Marx’s ‎illustrious career and a really lovely volume that has been published by Brepols ‎in honour of …

A Tribute to the Work of Dr William Marx by Professor Jane Cartwright Read more »

Today’s blog is by Prof. Janet Burton, a Professor of Medieval History at UWTSD Lampeter. She recently went on a trip to Venice, where she explored the Medieval churches of the city.     It was an opportunity not to be …

A medieval historian let loose in Venice … Read more »

This week’s blog was written by Dr Harriet Webster, Lecturer in Medieval History at UWTSD Lampeter. This year’s Medieval  Staff-Student Colloquium was held 27 February – 1 March 2017 on the theme of Travel and Migration in the Middle Ages.   …

Travel and Migration in the Middle Ages – Gregynog Medieval Staff-Student Colloquium Read more »

Data from all of the archaeological excavations and surveys are kept in a Project GIS (Geographic Information System). Lidar data show here is at 1m resolution supplied by Environment Agency. This has been processed to supply a hillshade bitmap based on topographical heights. You can see rectangular and linear features within the overgrown 'fishponds' area circled in red.

  This blog was written by Dr Jemma Bezant, UWTSD Lecturer in Archaeology, and a member of the excavation team at Llanllyr Mansion. They say every good archaeologist has a wish list. A list of fabulous, intriguing and exciting places where …

Archaeological Discoveries at Llanllyr – Nuns, Trees and 3D Technology Read more »

Assaulting the Keep, Lewis had been 'killed' at this point and his feet can be seen bottom right. Photo courtesy of Dave Pilling.

This blog was written by Lewis Calvert-Lee, one of our Medieval Studies students, recently took part in the reenactment of the siege at Beeston castle. ‘This weekend (4th – 5th June) I was at Beeston Castle taking part in a …

Medieval Re-enactment at Beeston castle Read more »

Prof. Nigel Nayling and other members of the ForSEAdiscovery team preparing to dive that the Bayonnaise shipwreck.

To build ocean-going ships sound timber is needed, the ForSEAdiscovery project asks: Which forests supplied the timber for the construction of ships during the ‘Age of Discovery’? Did the Iberian forests supply the Iberian Empires with the materials to build their …

Archaeology Professor Nigel Nayling heads the ForSEAdiscovery project Read more »

Two women holding out babies for rides on the back of a bear, from the right border of a page of the Lampeter Bible (1279), one of the manuscripts in the RBLA.

Are you interested in the rare books and manuscripts held in the Lampeter campus archive? Art Historian Dr Allan Barton is currently researching the Roderic Bowen Archive in Lampeter and sharing his findings online. From Oxford Binding, marbled “pastedowns” to …

The Art of Book-Binding explored by Art Historian Dr Allan Barton Read more »