GHF-E090-N05 — “Historical Society had notable year” (Neath Guardian, 17 April 1980)
Wiki catalogue reference: GHF-E090-N05 · Custodian / source URL: Buckler family evidence repository
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Description
4. Provenance and where to check it
DOCUMENTED (press report) — context only. Catalogue no. GHF-E090-N05. This extract does not mention Great House Farm. Sections 1 to 4 record what the extract is and says. Section 5 is the Wiki’s reading and is open to challenge. Jump to: Evidence · Transcript · Description · Provenance · Interpretation. 🕒
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- What it is: an extract from a society round-up report, headed “Historical Society had notable year”.
- Publication and date: Neath Guardian, 17 April 1980, page 13.
- People named: Mr Henry Owen-John, assistant director of the Glamorgan/Gwent Archaeological Trust (the speaker); Mr Leslie Evans (who gave the vote of thanks).
- What is reported: a talk on the Trust’s work and recent digs in Glamorgan, notably Llandough near Cardiff, where substantial remains of a Roman villa and part of a later medieval house were discovered; praise for the Trust’s rescue archaeology.
- Not in the text: the location of the medieval house within Llandough, or any mention of Great House Farm or the Williams and Buckler families.
- Holder of the image: email attachment 3293.jpg (24 September 2026 Heneb request). Transcribed on the Press Archive page (N05).
- Original newspaper: Neath Guardian, 17 April 1980, p. 13. No archive link has been verified for this title, so none is given. The Findmypast list of Welsh newspaper titles can be checked for whether it is held.
Transcription
Open transcription
2. Verbatim transcript
Extract only; the parts before and after are not transcribed. […] marks omitted text.
[…] Following the business of the meeting, members were given a fascinating talk by Mr. Henry Owen-John, the assistant director of the Glamorgan/Gwent Archaeological Trust. The subject of his lecture, which was illustrated by numerous slides, was the work of the Trust and some of their recent archaeological ‘digs’ in Glamorgan, notably the excavations at Llandough near Cardiff, where the substantial remains of a Roman Villa and part of a later medieval house were discovered. In his vote of thanks, Mr. Leslie Evans expressed his and the Society’s admiration of the tireless efforts and valuable work of the Glamorgan/Gwent Trust in recording threatened sites and their rescue archaeology in the face of modern developments.
Interpretation and wider context
CONTEXT. The extract is an independent 1980 record that excavation at Llandough had found a Roman villa and part of a later medieval house. The Wiki’s reading is that the excavation described is the Roman villa site south of Llandough church, which is a separate site from Great House Farm (see Archaeology and Heritage). The extract does not say where the medieval house stood, and the Wiki does not infer a link to Great House Farm. Any such link would need the excavation records requested from Heneb (see the Missing Records Register). 🕒
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Interpretive assessment date: 10-10-2026.