{"id":247,"date":"2018-06-17T19:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2018-06-17T19:11:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T18:11:09","slug":"excursions-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/excursions-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Excursions 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Excursions &#8211; 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Saturday May 16th, 12.30pm: Holyhead Maritime Museum and Port<\/strong><br \/>\nMeet outside the Mairitime Museum at 12.30pm .<br \/>\nThanks to the kindness of Stena Line and Port Manager, Alan Williams, members of the Society will be allowed into the hallowed regions of Salt Island, Admiralty Pier, the George IV arch and Telford\u2019s elegant Customs House.<br \/>\nWe will be transported to the Stena Compound in <strong class=\"bbcode bold\">a bus which will leave the Maritime Museum promptly at 1.00pm<\/strong> (35 seats).<br \/>\nAt 4.00-4.30 we will return to the Museum where Peter Scott Roberts will show us artefacts linked to Capt Skinner. If there is then time, the bus will take us to the beginning of the Outer Harbour breakwater.<br \/>\n<strong class=\"bbcode bold\">If you would like to have lunch at 12.00<\/strong> (or 11.30 if numbers justify)<strong class=\"bbcode bold\"> in the Bistro next to the Museum<\/strong> please book individually, and early, with Andy (01407 763433) stating that you are AAS.<br \/>\n<strong class=\"bbcode bold\">You must contact Dr Ken Roberts to book a place on this trip<\/strong> 01407 861036 johnkenmarg@aol.com<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Saturday June 6th, 11.00am: Walk Malltraeth Marsh and Cors Ddyga, looking at the history of land improvement, canalisation of river, 17-18 cent. coal mining and old routes and railways. <\/strong><br \/>\nLeave cars at Farm &amp; Pet Store (far end opposite Ford Garage)  at South end of the Bryn Cefni Llangefni Industrial Estate.<br \/>\nWalk down cycle track, turn North along canalised Cefni to Ysceifiog Church where some new early gravestones have come to light, and Tyddyn Mawr farm with coal tips. Take the footpath to Pentre Berw and Tai Gors coal mines then across Pont Bulkeley, passing below Lledwigan, and back to Parc Bryn Cefni.<br \/>\nIf time allows we could extend South West to lakes, behind Plas Berw. The walk will be lead by Donald Pritchard who has an unrivalled knowledge of the history and folklore of the marsh, with Frances Lynch and Andrew Davidson. <strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Bring a picnic and binoculars.<br \/>\nMeal afterwards:<\/strong> No meal has been booked, but Tafarn y Gors in Holland Arms has been alerted and those who wish to stay for a communal meal should tell the organisers in the morning.<br \/>\n<strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Enquiries to Donald Pritchard<\/strong> (01248 470579 donaldglyn42@hotmail.co.uk )<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Saturday June 20th, 2.00pm: Newborough Forest and Llanddwyn Island 2.00pm<\/strong><br \/>\nAssemble at 2.00pm in the big car park in Newborough Forest  <strong class=\"bbcode bold\">(\u00a33.00 to pay at the barrier)<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWe will walk West along the path in dunes towards Bryn Llwyd, passing the sites of prehistoric settlement, and along West side of ridge to shore and cross to island.<br \/>\nThe Warden, Graham Williams, will lead the walk with Andrew Davidson and will discuss the geology and history and the new conservation work done at the church.<br \/>\n<strong class=\"bbcode bold\"> Enquiries to Andrew Davidson<\/strong> (01407 720431 (evening) andrew.davidson@heneb.co.uk)<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Saturday July 18th, 2.00pm : Visit to Dronwy and Gronant 16th cent. houses, near Llanfachraeth <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Please arrive at 2.00 pm<\/strong>, parking cars in the farm-yard at <strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Dronwy<\/strong>. Turn left off A5025, a few hundred yards N of Llanfachraeth. Follow the signs into the yard.<br \/>\nWe will then transfer to a smaller number of cars to drive to <strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Gronant<\/strong>, about 3\/4 mile away (parking space there being limited). Both Dronwy and Gronant are associated with the 17th century diarist Robert Bulkeley; Gronant has a complex history, the subject of recent dendro-dating, and has some interesting wall paintings.<br \/>\nThe owner, Mrs Catherine Wilson, will greet us. There will then be a tour of the C16 house (Robin Grove-White, with David Longley &amp; Dafydd Wyn Wiliam, to provide commentary). There will also be a cup of tea.<br \/>\nAt the end we will drive back to Dronwy for a short look at the C16 house (exterior only) and discussion of its original relationship to Gronant and the Bulkeleys.<br \/>\nFor space and tea planning it would be useful to know numbers intending to come.<br \/>\nPlease contact <strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Robin Grove White<\/strong> (01407 710245 rgrovewhite@gmail.com )<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Saturday September 5th, 2.00pm Beaumaris: Jail, Court House, Tudor Rose, Maes Hyfryd Estate <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Assemble outside the jail at 2.00pm<\/strong><br \/>\nThis visit will look at two notable buildings which express the history of local justice in the 17th and 19th centuries and will explore the late mediaeval domestic history hidden behind the 18th cent. facades of Castle Street. <strong class=\"bbcode bold\">The Cost of entrance to the Gaol and Court House is \u00a36.30 per person<\/strong>.<br \/>\nFinally we will visit Maes Hyfryd estate and discuss its political significance in post-war housing with Ralph Colwyn Foulkes, the son of the designer.<br \/>\n<strong class=\"bbcode bold\">Enquiries and cheques for \u00a36.30 each, payable to the Anglesey Antiquarian Society<\/strong> to Frances Llewellyn, Halfway House, Halfway Bridge Bangor LL57 3DG 01248 364865 f.m.lynch@axis-connect.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Printer Friendly<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excursions &#8211; 2015 Saturday May 16th, 12.30pm: Holyhead Maritime Museum and Port Meet outside the Mairitime Museum at 12.30pm . Thanks to the kindness of Stena Line and Port Manager, Alan Williams, members of the Society will be allowed into the hallowed regions of Salt Island, Admiralty Pier, the George IV arch and Telford\u2019s elegant &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}