We had a fascinating talk tonight from @profdanhicks.bsky.social on Augustus Pitt-Rivers, ethnologist, archaeologist and founder of the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social, including his connections to Anglesey. Check out our website for membership info and future talks www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/member...

Major project launched to safeguard Wales’ nonconformist chapels: nation.cymru/culture/majo...

BBC Radio 4 Open Country programme visited the Menai Strait bridges, in the company of Menai Heritage's John Cole: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Corsydd Calon Môn - Total joy to celebrate our #Fen #heritage with children of #Llanbedrgoch School @northwaleswt.bsky.social #Anglesey #wetlands #envhist #YnysMôn 🎨

Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber on Anglesey is one of the structures that has been damaged: BBC Wales - Criminal damage to historical buildings on the rise - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @rhysmwyn.bsky.social

Running throughout September, Open Doors is a month-long celebration of Welsh heritage, and many of our churches in Wales will be participating in this year’s programme. 📷 St Mary's, Tal-y-Llyn, Anglesey

My publisher Amberley has updated my author's profile page with my new favourite photo of myself. I was very happy to be visiting the Skerries lighthouse! Check out my books on my web site: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/shop/warren-...

Cadw Open Doors month will also see a number of churches around the island opening their doors for visitors. See the list at cadw.gov.wales/visit/whats-...

It is Cadw Open Doors month again! There will be free tours of Barclodiad y Gawres Burial Chamber on 13 and 28 September: cadw.gov.wales/open-doors-b... There will also be tours around Beaumaris castle on 16 September (tour free but entrance fee must be paid): cadw.gov.wales/beaumaris-ca...

I'm just watching an excellent recent talk by @rhysmwyn.bsky.social for TH!NK Rhosneigr about Archaeology and Old Books of Ynys Môn. Very enjoyable! youtu.be/KP5aojPADDU

Check out this very atmospheric video of a visit to South Stack lighthouse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4p...

St Deiniol's Church, Llanddaniel Fab #Anglesey - Vestry door has medieval doorjambs; keystone of the pointed arch is a carved human face #heritage #history #AdoorableThursday #architecture #religion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Dein...

Archivist Amanda Sweet from Anglesey Archives explores the rich histories found in old wills: www.orielmon.org/en/blog/will...

National Library and Anglesey Archives to promote Welsh broadcasting history nation.cymru/news/nationa...

I love getting page proofs! Today I'm proofreading my Lighthouses of Wales book, which is due out in November. More information at lighthouses.wales

Have you ever wondered about the meaning behind a place name? Our Place Names Officer discusses some common problems with understanding place names in his latest blog. zurl.co/7bHXZ

New exhibition in the Oriel Môn history gallery - Anglesey and the Topographical Tradition. A great collection of antique engravings from places around Anglesey. It will be on show until 18 January 2026.

I'm selling my books at the local author's book sales on the high street Rhosneigr today. Stop by and check it out!

The history of St Morhaiarns Church, Gwalchmai, as it seeks to extend its graveyard www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

I enjoyed sailing in to Dublin Bay on the ferry this week, getting great views of the lighthouses: Kish Bank, Bailey, Poolbeg and North Bull.

Capturing the glory and delight of Ynys Môn summer evening, with a tip for pollinator researchers! Nigel Brown @theguardian.com Country Diary #naturewriting #nature #dolphins #Wales www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Menai Suspension Bridge will celebrate its bicentenary in 2026. To help with celebrations, please consider supporting the #TelfordCentre, a small museum in Menai Bridge promoting the bridge's unique story @archpbu.bsky.social @bangorhistory.bsky.social: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/200th-anni...

This survey is not restricted to those born in Ireland - also open to the wider Irish #Diaspora including ancestral diaspora (family roots), affinity diaspora (a sense of connection or affection) or reverse diaspora (have spent time in Ireland). #emigration #GlobalIreland

The Ty Newydd Chambered tomb near Llanfaelog on #Anglesey. #Cadw states that although it's #Neolithic in date, it appears to have had continued use in the Bronze Age and that faint cup and rings marks have been found on the capstone. It was formerly covered by a cairn. #TombTuesday #YnysMon

#Lighthouses are often in wild places - it has been a wonderful adventure to have helped track them all down with @angleseyhistory.bsky.social @lighthousewales.bsky.social - book cover looks super too! #Wales #IrishSea #heritage

Here is the cover of my new book!

I'm looking forward to giving a talk to the Llangoed Women's Institute this afternoon. If you are interested in having me talk to your group get in touch! More information at: warrenkovach.co.uk/public-speak...

Rare needlework of Menai Bridge to stay in Wales following successful campaign nation.cymru/news/rare-ne...

What is a One-Place Study?🔗 In short, it’s an addictive combination of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory – and more besides. For a little more detail, follow the link to our website! #OnePlaceWednesday

Want to live in an Anglesey windmill? Melin y Gof/Stanley Mill is for sale. Read more about its history on my web site: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/windmills/me... tppuk.com/property/tre...

Final day of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers tour of Anglesey. We stopped at Point Lynas, in the company of Gaynor who grew up at the lighthouse where her father was keeper, and Amlwch Port lighthouse. Read more at lighthouses.wales/the-lighthou... and lighthouses.wales/the-lighthou....

You can read about these two at my web site: lighthouses.wales/the-lighthou... and lighthouses.wales/the-lighthou...

Another good day with the Association of Lighthouse Keepers tour of Anglesey. We went to Holyhead Breakwater lighthouse, where we climbed the tower, and also to the disused Admiralty Pier/Salt Island lighthouse at Holyhead Port.

An excellent day today with the Association of Lighthouse Keepers tour of Anglesey, visiting the Skerries and South Stack.

I've updated my new Lighthouses of Wales website!

We had an excellent excursion over the weekend, visiting 3 churches on Anglesey owned by the charity friendlesschurches.bsky.social‬, in the company of their director Rachel Morley. We saw Bodwrog, Llanbeulan and Tal-y-Llyn. To join the Society go to: https://www.hanesmon.org.uk/aaswp/membership/

“Mailboat. Near Holyhead by now.” From #Ulysses, remembering a departed acquaintance. #MrBloom was considered a landlubber because he longest sea voyage was to #Holyhead. #BloomsDay #Ireland #Wales #IrishSea #IrelandWales #literature #Anglesey #YnysMôn #JamesJoyce @cerysmatthews.bsky.social

Thinking about #WBYeats on the train across #Anglesey #YnysMôn "How often he went on this journey, think of it, think of it...the embryonic #poem still coiled in the ivory skull?" @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social Memories of Yeats Whilst Travelling to #Holyhead #Poetry #Ireland #Wales #IrishSea 🚄🚢

Imagine the sails going around - From Penmon across Ynys Seiriol #PufffinIsland towards the Great Orme - the north #Wales coast from #Anglesey #YnysMôn with former #windmill in foreground. #heritage #landscapes #nature #IrishSea @northwaleswt.bsky.social

It's not every day that north-west Wales gets invaded by the Spanish Armada! The historical ship Galeón Andalucía is visiting Caernarfon for the next few days.

Does anyone know the location of the missing Telford milestone near Holyhead? 82 of the distinctive markers along the Holyhead Road/A5 from Shrewsbury survive, but the one 2 miles from the port has disappeared. www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

News that Bangor University is to reconsider proposed cuts to its Archives and Special Collection service following significant public and political pressure has been welcomed

@friendlesschurches.bsky.social I spotted a friend of ours in St Pancras, John Betjeman!

Dr Gareth Huws yn trafod pwysigrwydd archifau

Dr Shaun Evans, Director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE), discussing Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections

Alyn Giles Jones (1928-2000) Bangor University's first full-time archivist. "For him the safety of the documents in his care was paramount and he was prepared to stand up to the most senior academic colleagues in their defence". Professor A.D. Carr.

Hot off the printer and ready for proof-reading - my Lighthouses of Wales book is almost ready to submit to the publisher! It will be out in Autumn 2025. Follow this account or lighthouses.wales for further details.

Marian Gwyn @mariangwyn.bsky.social speaking at CartoCymru @librarywales.bsky.social on the Jamaica plantation maps of the Pennant family, Penrhyn Castle held at Bangor Uni archives @archpbu.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social Please support their petition: www.change.org/p/save-your-...

A quick guide to 1,500 years of history in Bangor, Gwynedd: