Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society

THE latest volume of its publication The Carmarthenshire Antiquary has just been released by the county’s history and archaeology society, the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society. The publication is a long valued source of information about Carmarthenshire’s history and archaeology.

The Carmarthenshire Antiquary will provide a wide variety of enlightening reading material. The extensively illustrated contents include articles on New Discoveries on the Roman Road between Carmarthen and Kidwelly, Llanelly Pottery 1840-1922, Lost Farms of Glangwili and Glyncothi, The Financial Fortunes of the Philippses of Cwmgwili and The Shipwreck of the De Brooders in January 1770 on Cefn Sidan Sands.

The publication is available free of charge for members of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society which encourages the study of the county’s history and archaeology and has a programme of talks and visits to historic sites ready for commencing as soon as the epidemic situation will allow. The society is also pleased to announce that its new president is Thomas Lloyd, author of The Lost Houses of Wales and co-author of the two volumes of The Buildings of Wales which cover the historic built heritage of South-west Wales.

More information about the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and how to become a member or arrange a gift membership which will include The Carmarthenshire Antiquary will be found on the website www.carmants.org.uk