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The project will enable local people and visitors to the area alike, to understand how and why the area evolved over time. It is hoped that the local schools will become involved, giving the children a better understanding of the place where they live. A Community Memory Board will show photographs of Corwen Life and People since the Second World War, with space for individuals to record their thoughts and memories. We will also start building a Resource Centre so that photographs and documents from the past and present can be stored for use both now and in the future. We want the community to become involved in volunteering at the Museum, in research, display building and in stewarding. We also want the loan or donation of old photographs, documents and artefacts relating to Edeyrnion, to display. If you think you can help in any way please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.
The Museum is closed at present whilst the work is completed, but will re-open on Saturday 18th February. We are holding a Community Open Day on Saturday 25th February from 10.30 am to 7.00 pm and hope that you will be able to join us.
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We had a great time on our trip to Loggerheads on Thursday 20th August and wish to thank Fiona Gale, the County Archaeologist for a very interesting and educational afternoon.
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Our thanks go to the Heritage Lottery Fund which has helped us to finance the exhibitions and to all the volunteers who have worked to set it up and continue to
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We visited Tan-y-Coed Burial Chamber at Rhydyglaves, Cynwyd, on Thursday 17th July, with the kind permission of the landowner. Fiona Gale, the County Architect, told us that the Burial Chamber was from the Neolithic Period, dating back about 5500 years, to a time when man was just starting to build timber housed settlements and to grow crops. Tools at this time would have been made of stone, timber or leather, as metals were unknown.
The total mound is approximately 38m long and 21m wide, with a maximum height of 3.2m. The shape and size have been altered over the years due to ploughing and it is not known what the exact shape and size were originally. One side of the mound has been excavated to expose a capstone which measures 3.5×2.4×0.5m, with an exposed chamber visible below. It is not known who did the excavation and when, or whether anything was found in the chamber.
The rest of the burial mound has not been disturbed and we could only wonder what we were standing on. The Site is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and cannot be excavated now without permission.
We speculated on where the people were actually living and what the valley would have looked like at that time. We all wondered what could be hidden underground that would shed more light on these people who walked over this area so many years ago.
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