I thought you may have, you can Zienkiewicz's volumes one day.

Oops, sorry about that, I should have said borrow.....

Have you any pictures of roman intaglios on yer data base and if so have you any that would have been used to decorate helmets?

Thats what I asked you for!

Have you got a picture of an intaglio that would have been used to decorate a helmet as opposed to a finger ring?

Are they the same size?

Before you answer let me go and check the book I read it in...

No need for me to type out all of the information I hope?

Dimensions: 10.5mm by 8.5mm by 1mm. oval intaglio, translucent brown in colour, very slightly convex. The device is one of the Dioscuri - either Castor or Pollux <snip>

It goes on..

Furthermore, the type of the Dioscurus with his horse is used to decorate armour, for example cheek pieces from helmets found near South Collingham Notts & South Shields.

If you want to know more I shall type it but I was just after a few images if possible along with a picture of one set in a replicated helmet?

No rush, it isn't important, I was just curious.

At the time of the publication this was one of three in Britain found in a Roman context.

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/archaeol/index.html

Dr Peter Webster is running a twenty week course on Monday nights researching Roman and Medieval Archaeology, especially Roman and later ceramics. Only admin costs to the tune of £33 are required.

Anybody got the blurb to hand? I cant find out any more on the website - or should I say I havent yet.

Online research publications


Caerwent Samian Catalogue - This makes available interim reports 1-5 (1998 - 2003) from the ongoing catalogue of the samian from early excavations at Caerwent, currently housed in the Newport Museum. It is our intention to add further yearly interims until such time as the catalogue can be re-arranged into a final order and decisions made as to the best form of final publication.

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/archaeol/caerwent/Master_Index.html

Index of Central Gaulish pottery figure types - compiled by Robert Hopkins of the Cardiff Samian Group.

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/archaeol/gaulish/Main.html

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Originally posted by roger davies:
Further details later I gather.

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/archaeol/samian_wales_project.html

or is there another course running?

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I think there is another course running Roger, based in Cardiff.

My mistake Roger, just called my brother again and he read the blurb out once more. I'll get a copy tomorrow.

Roger, I missed your last post on the previous page. I think it may be best to mail Dr Webster to see whether I can do what I want.

Not only that but travelling to Cardiff once on a Monday is just about bearable, to do it twice is a bit much.

Tirlun Cymru : Welsh Landscape

Stage 1: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire

The Library plans to digitise its entire collection of topographical prints as part of its Tirlun Cymru:Welsh Landscape project. The works will be digitised by pre-1974 counties. The first counties to be digitised were Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire 2003/4 which can be seen here. Prints of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Meirionethshire, Anglesey and Caernarfonshire will be digitised in 2004/5.

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Originally posted by roger davies:
Notice that the Glamorgan-Gwent Arch Trust has been renamed to match the title of this thread..........

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At last!!!

Splitters all of em....

Ok, now that date is subliminally etched into the cell (It has now superseded my wife's birthday, my anniversary, my parents birthdays not to mention my childrens) you will have to explain why I have to remember it?

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Experts from Gwent and Glamorgan Archaeological Trust believe the find is the remains of a bridge recorded as destroyed by a storm in 1772.

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It was quite a while after that before anything was done about it, or should I say anything about building a stone bridge.

I was wondering if a watching brief was going on over the works there and then I realised that with it being on the tidal mud banks they would have been extremely bloody stupid not to after the events of a few years ago.

Ha ha ha!

I'll send her a severed skull covered in peat.

I visited Capitol Books today (the owner was even in the mood for a chin wag!!) and happened to get hold of the last volume from Usk that touches the flavian fort and also a rather interesting book on the cvil war published by the national library of Wales.

A catalouge of tracts of the civil war and commonwealth period relating to wales and the borders.

There are a few letters in there as well Ven.

Private correspondence during the civil war...

I havent read it all yet, just some bits and pieces. I hae more pressing stuff to do for a while.

I havent got the info..... what material was use to date the pre-Flavian fort at Cardiff?

If just a fraction of the visitors who use St Fagans could be 'pursuaded' to visit them we would have no worries.Blummin place is 'chocka' every day....very few flyers on display to advertise the others though

Thats my girl.
While working on a retaining wall in the garden today I dug down about 16inches.Youngest 'Glyndwr'jumps in the trench pointing at a metal object barely poking out of the earth.She dissapears and comes back with my Blackada trowel and quickly excavates a Guildhall horse shoe from our garden
I was so proud.