Hywel Davies
@hywelcymru.bsky.social
For #FindsFriday a picture of prehistoric bone implements from the Great Orme copper mines, Llandudno, recovered by Duncan James half a century ago in 1976. The mines have therefore been known to be pre-Roman for at least as long as this. From my father's photo album.
April 3, 2026 at 9:26 AM
For #FindsFriday a picture of prehistoric bone implements from the Great Orme copper mines, Llandudno, recovered by Duncan James half a century ago in 1976. The mines have therefore been known to be pre-Roman for at least as long as this. From my father's photo album.
For #tombtuesday - what young people from the South Wales Valleys would do on a day out to Gower on a December day way back in 1948. From my father's photo album.
March 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
For #tombtuesday - what young people from the South Wales Valleys would do on a day out to Gower on a December day way back in 1948. From my father's photo album.
For #FindsFriday some pictures my father took 53 years ago of artifacts held at St Beuno's College, Tremeirchion. Excavated 1908. I wonder if they're still held there at the College?
February 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
For #FindsFriday some pictures my father took 53 years ago of artifacts held at St Beuno's College, Tremeirchion. Excavated 1908. I wonder if they're still held there at the College?
50 years ago today, renowned climbers Joe Brown & Mo Anthoine, & potholer Duncan James descending a shaft on the Great Orme, Llandudno. Not without incident! My father's diary pithily records "The climbers failed". Bit rich, given his rôle on the day was to "take notes"!! #Climbing
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 AM
50 years ago today, renowned climbers Joe Brown & Mo Anthoine, & potholer Duncan James descending a shaft on the Great Orme, Llandudno. Not without incident! My father's diary pithily records "The climbers failed". Bit rich, given his rôle on the day was to "take notes"!! #Climbing
For #findsfriday a picture of 1971 finds from Daylight Rock Fissure, Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire. Excavated by Brother James van Nedervelde of Caldey Abbey #Archaeology
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
For #findsfriday a picture of 1971 finds from Daylight Rock Fissure, Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire. Excavated by Brother James van Nedervelde of Caldey Abbey #Archaeology
For #StandingStoneSunday a 1982 view of Castlerigg stone circle in Cumbria.
January 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday a 1982 view of Castlerigg stone circle in Cumbria.
47 years ago today my father's diary entry recording the discovery of a decorated & perforated canid canine tooth in Upper Kendrick's Cave on the Great Orme, Llandudno. Other such Paleolithic drilled teeth came from the lower cave in 19thC. Drawing 25mm long.
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
47 years ago today my father's diary entry recording the discovery of a decorated & perforated canid canine tooth in Upper Kendrick's Cave on the Great Orme, Llandudno. Other such Paleolithic drilled teeth came from the lower cave in 19thC. Drawing 25mm long.
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
For #FindsFriday a July 1970 picture of human bones excavated from Ogof yr Ychen, Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire. Radiocarbon dates on related finds from this cave are Mesolithic. From my father's photo album.
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
For #FindsFriday a July 1970 picture of human bones excavated from Ogof yr Ychen, Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire. Radiocarbon dates on related finds from this cave are Mesolithic. From my father's photo album.
For #StandingStoneSunday a 1959 view of a rather overgrown Avebury. From my father's photo album
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday a 1959 view of a rather overgrown Avebury. From my father's photo album
For #StandingStoneSunday, a shivery 1996 view of Meini Hirion, the Druid's Circle, above Penmaenmawr
October 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For #StandingStoneSunday, a shivery 1996 view of Meini Hirion, the Druid's Circle, above Penmaenmawr
For #StandingStoneSunday a 1959 view of Maen Llia, Bannau Brycheiniog
September 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday a 1959 view of Maen Llia, Bannau Brycheiniog
For #RomanFortThursday a photo from 1959 at Caerleon amphitheatre. Some mansplaining from the besuited gentleman I fear!
June 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
For #RomanFortThursday a photo from 1959 at Caerleon amphitheatre. Some mansplaining from the besuited gentleman I fear!
June 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Late 1990s moody day at Trellech, Monmouthshire
Trellech, Sir Fynwy, ddiwedd y 1990au
#StandingStoneSunday
Trellech, Sir Fynwy, ddiwedd y 1990au
#StandingStoneSunday
May 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Late 1990s moody day at Trellech, Monmouthshire
Trellech, Sir Fynwy, ddiwedd y 1990au
#StandingStoneSunday
Trellech, Sir Fynwy, ddiwedd y 1990au
#StandingStoneSunday
A dodgy photo of a dodgy door. Berlin, 1998.
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday
May 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A dodgy photo of a dodgy door. Berlin, 1998.
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday
The impressive arched structure at the Liverpool exit bears an Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark, which is worth checking out if you are into these things.
May 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The impressive arched structure at the Liverpool exit bears an Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark, which is worth checking out if you are into these things.
Maen Llia in the bleak uplands of Bannau Brycheiniog, on a grey April day in 1982.Wasn't always sunny when we were kids! Think I needed my red & white Welsh scarf!
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
May 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Maen Llia in the bleak uplands of Bannau Brycheiniog, on a grey April day in 1982.Wasn't always sunny when we were kids! Think I needed my red & white Welsh scarf!
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
Bwlch y Ddeufaen, Sir Gaernarfon, yn hwyr yng Rhagfyr 1996. Am le atmosfferig, arallfydol bron!
Bwlch y Ddeufaen, in late December 1996. What an atmospheric, almost otherworldly place!
#StandingStoneSunday
Bwlch y Ddeufaen, in late December 1996. What an atmospheric, almost otherworldly place!
#StandingStoneSunday
May 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Bwlch y Ddeufaen, Sir Gaernarfon, yn hwyr yng Rhagfyr 1996. Am le atmosfferig, arallfydol bron!
Bwlch y Ddeufaen, in late December 1996. What an atmospheric, almost otherworldly place!
#StandingStoneSunday
Bwlch y Ddeufaen, in late December 1996. What an atmospheric, almost otherworldly place!
#StandingStoneSunday
For #TombTuesday here's Robert the Bruce, from the 1889 brass in Dunfermline Abbey Church, I painted in 1985. Not quite life-size, around 5ft long. Had a thing for mediaeval brasses at the time, I blame the cover for the Diamond Head album "Canterbury". What teenagers do, eh?!
April 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
For #TombTuesday here's Robert the Bruce, from the 1889 brass in Dunfermline Abbey Church, I painted in 1985. Not quite life-size, around 5ft long. Had a thing for mediaeval brasses at the time, I blame the cover for the Diamond Head album "Canterbury". What teenagers do, eh?!
This set-up was quite common in Berlin back in 1996 - cycles separated from motor traffic, but not physically separated from pedestrians - but pedestrians very conscious of not straying into the red zone. Seemed to work. This is Oberfeldstrasse in Biesdorf, eastern Berlin
April 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This set-up was quite common in Berlin back in 1996 - cycles separated from motor traffic, but not physically separated from pedestrians - but pedestrians very conscious of not straying into the red zone. Seemed to work. This is Oberfeldstrasse in Biesdorf, eastern Berlin
Best Mam - mine! Caving in Agen Allwedd, Llangatwg in 1959. 💪
Mam gorau 'rioed - un fi! Dan ddaear yn Ogof Agen Allwedd, Llangatwg ym 1959💪
Llun/Pic: Twin Aven Chamber gan S C L Phillips
Happy Mother's Day!
#SulYMamau #MothersDay
Mam gorau 'rioed - un fi! Dan ddaear yn Ogof Agen Allwedd, Llangatwg ym 1959💪
Llun/Pic: Twin Aven Chamber gan S C L Phillips
Happy Mother's Day!
#SulYMamau #MothersDay
March 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Best Mam - mine! Caving in Agen Allwedd, Llangatwg in 1959. 💪
Mam gorau 'rioed - un fi! Dan ddaear yn Ogof Agen Allwedd, Llangatwg ym 1959💪
Llun/Pic: Twin Aven Chamber gan S C L Phillips
Happy Mother's Day!
#SulYMamau #MothersDay
Mam gorau 'rioed - un fi! Dan ddaear yn Ogof Agen Allwedd, Llangatwg ym 1959💪
Llun/Pic: Twin Aven Chamber gan S C L Phillips
Happy Mother's Day!
#SulYMamau #MothersDay
#Archaeology isn't all trowels and toothbrushes. My father's diary entry of 50 years ago today records excavations in Potter's Cave, Caldey Island, with the note:
"Much gelignite needed".
Abbey monk Brother James van Nedervelde undertook much archaeological work on the island.
"Much gelignite needed".
Abbey monk Brother James van Nedervelde undertook much archaeological work on the island.
March 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#Archaeology isn't all trowels and toothbrushes. My father's diary entry of 50 years ago today records excavations in Potter's Cave, Caldey Island, with the note:
"Much gelignite needed".
Abbey monk Brother James van Nedervelde undertook much archaeological work on the island.
"Much gelignite needed".
Abbey monk Brother James van Nedervelde undertook much archaeological work on the island.
1980s view of the Clogwyn yr Eryr Stone row near Trasbwll, Cwm Eigiau. I'm standing on the distant stone. Photo by my father.
Llun o'r 1980au o'r rhes o feini Clogwyn yr Eryr gerllaw Trasbwll, ochrau Cwm Eigiau. Rwy'n sefyll ar un o'r cerrig yn y pellter. Llun gan fy nhad.
#StandingStoneSunday
Llun o'r 1980au o'r rhes o feini Clogwyn yr Eryr gerllaw Trasbwll, ochrau Cwm Eigiau. Rwy'n sefyll ar un o'r cerrig yn y pellter. Llun gan fy nhad.
#StandingStoneSunday
February 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1980s view of the Clogwyn yr Eryr Stone row near Trasbwll, Cwm Eigiau. I'm standing on the distant stone. Photo by my father.
Llun o'r 1980au o'r rhes o feini Clogwyn yr Eryr gerllaw Trasbwll, ochrau Cwm Eigiau. Rwy'n sefyll ar un o'r cerrig yn y pellter. Llun gan fy nhad.
#StandingStoneSunday
Llun o'r 1980au o'r rhes o feini Clogwyn yr Eryr gerllaw Trasbwll, ochrau Cwm Eigiau. Rwy'n sefyll ar un o'r cerrig yn y pellter. Llun gan fy nhad.
#StandingStoneSunday
Sunset over Maen Ceti or Arthur's Stone in Gower, on an April evening way back in 1988
Machlud haul dros Maen Ceti ar Gefn Bryn, Gŵyr ar noson o Ebrill nôl ym 1988
#TombTuesday
Machlud haul dros Maen Ceti ar Gefn Bryn, Gŵyr ar noson o Ebrill nôl ym 1988
#TombTuesday
February 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Sunset over Maen Ceti or Arthur's Stone in Gower, on an April evening way back in 1988
Machlud haul dros Maen Ceti ar Gefn Bryn, Gŵyr ar noson o Ebrill nôl ym 1988
#TombTuesday
Machlud haul dros Maen Ceti ar Gefn Bryn, Gŵyr ar noson o Ebrill nôl ym 1988
#TombTuesday
Maen y Bardd ger y Rowen. Llun gan fy nhad, o Hydref 1973, gydag aelodau'r "North Wales Expressway Action Group".
Maen y Bardd, October 1973. Picture by my father, with members of the "North Wales Expressway Action Group".
Really needs a caption!
#TombTuesday
Maen y Bardd, October 1973. Picture by my father, with members of the "North Wales Expressway Action Group".
Really needs a caption!
#TombTuesday
January 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Maen y Bardd ger y Rowen. Llun gan fy nhad, o Hydref 1973, gydag aelodau'r "North Wales Expressway Action Group".
Maen y Bardd, October 1973. Picture by my father, with members of the "North Wales Expressway Action Group".
Really needs a caption!
#TombTuesday
Maen y Bardd, October 1973. Picture by my father, with members of the "North Wales Expressway Action Group".
Really needs a caption!
#TombTuesday