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Erthyglau arbenigol a diweddariadau diweddaraf am Gastell Nanhyfer<\/h3>\n\n\n
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    Crogdlws harnais ceffyl Gerallt?<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    15 Mar 2025<\/div>\n
    This horse harness pendant was recovered from the ditch beside the road just inside the gate of Nevern Castle. Might it have been dropped by Gerald of Wales? Figure 1:

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    The Rhys Coat of Arms<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    16 Feb 2025<\/div>\n
    While you're in the bailey of Nevern Castle, take a look at the back of the Throne (built around 2000 and diligently restored 2021-4 by Patrick Beaumont). You'll see two escutcheons - coats of arms on shields. The one with two red bars is that of the FitzMartins, the Norman lords who first built the castle; the other has a lion and three ravens, and is supposed to represent the Lord Rhys.But we've recently discovered that the lion and three ravens actually belonged to a different and distantly related Rhys, a couple of centuries later.

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    Guidebook published<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    21 Jul 2024<\/div>\n
    A guidebook to Nevern Castle written by the archaeologist Dr Chris Caple has now been published. It is available in English and Welsh and is on sale for \u00a310. Buy the Guidebook from our online shop.

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    Nanhyfer cyn y Normaniaid<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    21 Dec 2023<\/div>\n
    Dr Rhiannon ComeauIn the area around Nevern Castle, the estates of Robert FitzMartin\u2019s knights very likely originate in the pre-Conquest lands of Nevern church. Dr Rhiannon Comeau investigated Bayvil as part of her PhD research into pre-Norman Cemais.

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    Making Sense of the Fragments<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    11 Dec 2023<\/div>\n
    A talk given in July 2023 at the Trewern Arms, Nevern, by Chris Caple, chief archaeologist at Nevern Castle.

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    Castles come to Wales<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    24 Jul 2023<\/div>\n
    A devastating innovationThe castle was an important tool of conquest. Initially built quickly in wood, it served as a base for the invading soldiers, a place to protect their equipment and provisions, and a place to defend from counter-attacks.

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    Gwneud synnwyr o’r darnau<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    15 Jul 2023<\/div>\n
    Cafwyd sgwrs boblogaidd a hynod ddiddorol yn y Trewern Arms ddydd Mercher 12\/7\/2023 gan Dr Chris Caple, yr archeolegydd a fu\u2019n arwain y cloddiadau yng Nghastell Nanhyfer am ddeng mlynedd.Ers ei ddinistrio yn 1196, mae aredig a hindreulio wedi cuddio\u2019r hyn sy\u2019n weddill o\u2019r castell. Darnau yn unig sydd ar \u00f4l \u2013 a thasg yr archaeolegydd yw eu rhoi at ei gilydd, i ddatgelu digwyddiadau dramatig y cyfnod, a\u2019r bywyd yr oedd pobl yn ei arwain.

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    PCNPA tour<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle<\/div>\n
    27 Apr 2023<\/div>\n
    Tomos Jones, PCNPA Community Archaeologist, led a group on a tour of Newport Castle, St Brynach's Church, and Nevern Castle.Early Purple Orchid seen at the Castle today

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    Pilgrimage conference<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle<\/div>\n
    19 Mar 2023<\/div>\n
    Alan represented Friends of Nevern Castle at the Pilgrimage Today conference in Enniscorthy, Co.Wexford in March 2023. The gathering celebrated the opening of the Wexford-Pembrokeshire Pilgrim Way from Ferns in SE Ireland across the sea to St Davids. The meeting, sponsored by the Ancient Connections project and British Pilgrimage Trust, was attended by about 80 people including artists, businesses and places of interest along the route, officers of Visit Pembrokeshire and F\u00e1ilte Ireland, together with academics studying tourism and pilgrimage. Alan was also there for his part as a software developer in Pererin Wyf, a project sponsored by Ancient Connections which links people of the Irish and Welsh diasporas worldwide.

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    School visit<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle<\/div>\n
    School children being shown a drawing of the tower atop the motte<\/div>\n
    6 Dec 2022<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle conducted a tour of the Castle for a group of 9-10 year olds from St Dogmaels Primary School on 14th November 2022. While walking around the site, we looked at mock-up pictures, talked about the characters of the time, and had great fun role-playing the coming and goings between Norman and Welsh control. And of course we talked about archaeology.

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    Wexford visit to Castle<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle<\/div>\n
    Speaking to a party of visitors in the bailey<\/div>\n
    23 Oct 2022<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle showed round a group of visitors from Ireland on Sunday 23\/10\/2022. The visit was a first trial of a guided tour round the castle. We told the story of the main characters in its 90-year history, while explaining the visible remains and showing artists' impressions of what it looked like at the time.

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    BBQ Aug 29th<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle<\/div>\n
    People picnicing at the barbecue August 2022<\/div>\n
    15 Aug 2022<\/div>\n
    We had a great time at the barbecue in the castle bailey on bank holiday Monday.Good company in lovely surroundings, and delicious barbie food!

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    Nevern Show<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    Friends speaking to people at Nevern Show 2022<\/div>\n
    11 Aug 2022<\/div>\n
    Friends of Nevern Castle had a stand in the craft tent at Nevern Show on 10th August. Gaynor, Mike, Kath and Alan chatted to show goers about the castle.The aim was to raise awareness of the existence of the site and the importance of the castle in the 12th century. We told visitors how the castle's history, with its alternation between Norman and Welsh control, encapsulated that pivotal period in the history of Wales.

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    Trail guide update<\/div>\n
    admin<\/div>\n
    Map\/aerial photo of Nevern for updated trail guide leaflet 2022<\/div>\n
    8 Jul 2022<\/div>\n
    Nevern Trail Guide leaflet was published in 2016 by Nevern Community Council and Pembrokeshire National Park Authority. It's now due for a reprint, and so there's an opportunity for updates and improvements.Friends of Nevern Castle recently had a meeting with other residents of Nevern to discuss changes to the leaflet. We've also had discussions with representatives of St Brynach's Church, the Village Hall, and the Trewern Arms.

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    Nevern’s Apotropaic Slates<\/div>\n
    Chris Caple<\/div>\n
    11 Apr 2022<\/div>\n
    by Dr Chris CapleIn 2011, we unearthed a series of slates forming a threshold in the gateway of the southern entrance to the castle. A number of these slates contained faint scratched designs. As the slates were bedded on their edges, these designs could not be seen by the people passing over the threshold; only by supernatural forces. The designs were almost certainly incised into the slates by the workmen building the gateway (constructed circa 1170-1191).

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  • \n \"Barbecue
    Friends’ Meeting – Trewern 30\/3\/2022<\/div>\n
    Nevern Community Council<\/div>\n
    Barbecue 2021<\/div>\n
    1 Apr 2022<\/div>\n
    Inaugural meeting of the Friends of Nevern CastleEnthusiasts for Nevern Castle met on Wednesday 30\/3\/2022, kindly hosted by the Trewern Arms. We created a formal association, with a constitution and the usual officers. We\u2019ll be able to open a bank account, apply for grants, etc.

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    The Great Hall<\/div>\n
    Rob Anthony<\/div>\n
    Great Hall in Stokesay Castle<\/div>\n
    4 Mar 2022<\/div>\n
    The brief life and times of the Great Hall, Nevern CastleFig 1 Artist\u2019s impression of Nevern Castle:

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    My Dig Memories<\/div>\n
    Gaynor Bussell<\/div>\n
    6 Feb 2022<\/div>\n
    Gaynor Bussell, Volunteer at Nevern Dig 2009-2018After working over 30 years in London, in June 2008 I decided to give it all up. I was not sure what I wanted to do with the rest of my life; I was not quite 50! But I had developed hiraeth for the lands from where my family had come and where many of my relatives still lived.

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    Podcast: Tomos Jones, PCNPA<\/div>\n
    Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority<\/div>\n
    10 Jan 2022<\/div>\n
    The Archaeology of Nevern CastleTomos Jones, Community Archaeologist at Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, talks about the archaeological excavations at Nevern Castle between 2008 and 2018.

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    The Lord Rhys’ Oath<\/div>\n
    Rob Anthony<\/div>\n
    1 Jan 2022<\/div>\n
    The broken oaths of the Lord Rhys would have put him at risk of eternal damnation, according to the tenets of the 12th century.Dr Robert Anthony

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    Was Nevern really a borough?<\/div>\n
    Rob Anthony<\/div>\n
    15 Dec 2021<\/div>\n
    Were there really 18 burgage plots within the castle? Can we believe the claim by George Owen, 16th\/17th century antiquarian and lord of Cemais, that Nevern was once a borough, with special privileges?Dr Rob Anthony explains, and examines the evidence.

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    A decorated key<\/div>\n
    Chris Caple<\/div>\n
    23 Nov 2021<\/div>\n
    An object that has come up recently in the research on Nevern is the shaft of a key, a slide key for a padlock, with inlaid spiral decoration. Keys like this only turn up on 12th century sites such as York, Winchester, Castle Acre. Unnecessarily decorated and expensive, they were probably mainly owned by aristocratic ladies safeguarding things which they wanted to keep safe: perhaps documents, jewellery, clothes or shoes.

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    Family feuds<\/div>\n
    Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority<\/div>\n
    3 Nov 2021<\/div>\n
    \nDelun Gibby tells the story of Rhys' imprisonment in his own castle. (Delun was Community Archaeologist for Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.)

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    Archbishop Baldwin 1188<\/div>\n
    Rob Anthony<\/div>\n
    24 Oct 2021<\/div>\n
    Dr Robert AnthonyMonday, 28 March 1188: it is not often in medieval history that an event can be dated with such precision, especially when concerning Wales, and we have Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis), scholar, canon of St David\u2019s and Archdeacon of Brecon, to thank for this. The event in question is described in his book: The Journey Through Wales (1191), an account, almost in diary form (although with lavish digressions), of the six week mission to south and north Wales by Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury to preach the Cross in support of the Third Crusade.

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    The Throne<\/div>\n
    Nevern Community Council<\/div>\n
    21 Oct 2021<\/div>\n
    It is said of the bleeding yew tree in Nevern churchyard, \"The Yew will bleed until a Welsh King sits upon the throne in the Castle!\"The saying goes back a long way. We don't have a Welsh king yet, but in 2008, Nevern Community Council took the first step by providing a throne.

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    Barbecue<\/div>\n
    Nevern Community Council<\/div>\n
    14 Oct 2021<\/div>\n
    About 50 people attended the barbecue in the bailey in the August bank holiday 2021. We're looking to hold more events in the future.

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