Spring 2011 issue - Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust

Montgomeryshire from the airAerial photography has become a vitaltool for archaeologists, providing ameans of finding previously unknown sitesand for showing how known sites fit intothe landscape. This is amply illustrated byMontgomeryshire Past & Present from theAir ― shortly to be published by the Trustin collaboration with the Powysland Cluband the Royal Commission on the Ancientand Historical Monuments of Wales. Thebook, by Chris Musson, former Director ofthe Trust and subsequently responsible foraerial photography at the Royal Commission,includes almost 200 colour images mostlyfrom the aerial photographic collections ofthe Trust and the Royal Commission.Opposite Cefn Carnedd Iron Age hillfortnear Llandinam. Below: Owain Glyndŵr’sSycharth medieval motte-and-bailey castlenear Llansilin.12 13