Spring 2011 issue - Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust

The images in the book, some of which areshown here, have been specially chosen toshow how the traces of the county’s history,from the earliest times up to virtually thepresent day, are indelibly etched into thelandscape. They show the burial moundsof pioneering Neolithic and Bronze Agefarmers, hillforts of Iron Age chieftains,strategic camps and forts built by the invadingRoman army, Dark Age territorial boundaries,Norman motte-and-bailey castles, medievaltowns, villages and churches, and postmedievallead mines and model farms, as wellas modern reservoirs and windfarms.Above Llywelyn ap Gruffudd’s castle atDolforwyn. Below The ornate gardens atGregynog. Opposite The Breidden Hillsmarking the gateway to the upper Severn Valleyjust to the north of Welshpool, and author,Chris Musson, with Bob Jones (right) of Mid-Wales Aviation, pilot and perceptive ‘spotter’ inflights from the 1980s onwards with a Cessnaaircraft.Publication is anticipated in late May/early June. Once published, copies ofMontgomeryshire Past & Present from theAir will be obtainable from the PowyslandClub (Triangle House, Union Street,Welshpool, SY21 7PG).14 15