Date: Sunday, June 15th, 2025: Upland Archaeology of Blaenau Gwent Leader: Frank Olding Start: 10.00am, finish c. 3.00pm A guided walk looking at the archaeology of upland Blaenau Gwent. The walk will take in the industrial archaeology associated with the Trefil Quarries (established 1794), the Duke’s Table, the Brinore tramroad (1814-15), prehistoric burial mounds, medieval hafotai,… Read More »Upland Archaeology of Blaenau Gwent
Please note this event has been postponed. Please come back to this page for details of a new date soon. Study day in conjunction with Gwent Archives. Building a toolkit for local history research.
This event has been cancelled.
Sunday October 19th 2025: Buckholt Bryngaer Hillfort, Monmouthshire Start at 11.00, return to start by 4.00, bring your own lunch. Walk leader: Jan Bailey (Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association) Hill top tour : Katie Churchill (Churchill Archaeology) This walk will visit the Buckholt Bryngaer Hillfort, north of Monmouth. In 2023 The Buckholt Bryngaer CIC sponsored excavation… Read More »MAA and Cambrian Archaeological Association walk – Buckholt Bryngaer Hillfort
The link to join the lecture will be open at 18.50 for a 19.00 start. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85219858464?pwd=8x0mHbrrrSXqriD9bA13dHhFmMxfjW.1
Speakers: Dr Peter Guest and Prof. Andrew Gardner Abstract: A major excavation in Priory Field, carried out between 2007 and 2010, produced ground breaking new evidence for Caerleon’s rich Roman - and early ‘post-Roman’ - history. The excavation uncovered the front range of a large masonry courtyard store-building, which was the first building of its… Read More »Digging Roman Caerleon: The Priory Field Excavation, 2007 -2010
SJL Lecture 2026 The Brecknock Society's annual lecture will be given by Professor Mary-Anne Constantine of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies and founder of the Curious Travellers Project. Please click on the title above to you to a poster with booking details. This is a free event.
This event is presented jointly with Gwent Archives and Wales Broadcast Archive and Clip Cymru Sian Lloyd Jones of Wales Broadcast Library and Rhiannon Phillips of Gwent Archives will present a short film and images from their collections focusing on the iron and steel industries in the town (now city), and the role of the… Read More »Newport: Iron & Steel making and its maritime connection
A walk around three churches near Tintern. Leader: Jo McCrum. A joint walk with Cambrian Archaeological Association Start at 11.00, return to start by 4.00, bring your own lunch. If you have ever stood on the Devil's Pulpit to admire Tintern Abbey you may have noticed two further churches further into the Monmouthshire hills. We… Read More »The Three Mary’s Walk
The Annual General Meeting will take place on the evening of Friday 5th June, at St Cadocs Church, Caerleon. The business meeting will start at 7.00 pm. Meeting papers will be circulated to members four weeks prior to the meeting and are available here After the meeting there will be a talk from Dr Marion… Read More »Annual General Meeting and talk 2026
Leaders: Jeremy Knight and Gwilym Hughes A joint walk with Cambrian Archaeological Association Start at 11.00, return to start by 4.00. Bring your own lunch, or purchase at the Hanbury Arms This walk will encompass not only the impressive Roman remains including the well-preserved amphitheatre but also the less well-known post-Roman sites, often overlooked by… Read More »A walk around Roman and Post Roman Caerleon, Monmouthshire
Please note these events may be subject to change or cancellation at short notice.
Quarterly newsletters and reminders will be sent out through the year.
If you have any queries about events or would like to suggest a talk or visit, please contact the secretary by email – secretary@maa.wales
