Tagged: England

An Illustrated Guide to the Castles of England and Wales

Castles (1973)

Castles (1973)

I noted the launch of the new illustrated guides series in 1973. This is volume 6 in the same series, Castles: An Introduction to the Castles of England and Wales (London: HMSO, 1973). Price 35 p. The author is B.H. St. J. O’Neil, former Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments. This is in effect the 2nd edition of the 1954 guide.

The guide has a section on ‘Some castles of especial interest’ and those under the care of the Department of the Environment are indicated. There is also a glossary and a set of plans.

The back of the guide announces the publication of Guide 3: East Anglia and Midlands (55 p), and paperbound and blockbound of 6: Scotland (30 p / 50 p).

Research seminar 26th March: One lump or two? Fusion and fission in the heritage sector, a view from Scotland

The next research seminar will be held on Wednesday 26th March at 4.30pm.  Dr Simon Gilmour, Director of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, will be talking.

Simon-Gilmour

“One lump or two? Fusion and fission in the heritage sector, a view from Scotland”

This seminar will explore the different trajectories currently being taken in Wales, England and Scotland with regard to the historic environment. It will focus particularly on the Scottish experience, looking at the process of developing high-level strategic thinking on the subject and possible trends, and make some comparisons with elsewhere.

Simon has, since 2007, been the Director of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a charitable not-for-profit membership organisation founded in 1780 and instituted by Royal Charter in 1783. He is trained as an archaeologist with excavation experience in Syria, Romania, France and, of course, Scotland, where he is co-director of several archaeology projects coming to fruition, or part published.  He is also currently the Vice Chair of the Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) a membership organisation bringing together voluntary and professional non-governmental organisations that operate at the national level and represent people who work within the built environment sector.

All welcome. As usual, please contact Julie Barber email: julie.barber@ucs.ac.uk to register.