Heneb Summer Lecture – Military Landscapes and the First World War in Gwynedd and Anglesey

Join us on Thursday 9th July from 7pm for an evening with Heneb Archaeologist Rob Evans as part of Heneb’s Seasonal Lecture series. Attendance is free!

A bit about Rob –

“Prior to joining the Trust, and since graduating in archaeology from the University of York, I have worked in commercial and research/academic archaeology from 1996. This has involved stints in commercial archaeology in Essex, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire along with a period working for Dyfed Archaeological Trust, where I supervised and published a late prehistoric site at Cwm Meudwy, Llandysul, Ceredigion, in Archaeologia Cambrensis.

I was employed as part of long-running academic research projects at the University of York, including the Castell Henllys and Henllys Farm excavation and field school.  This work involved training, monitoring and supervising volunteers and students in archaeological methods and techniques.  I was the site director at post-medieval Henllys Farm for 5 concurrent years and was responsible for taking American field school students to Ireland for graveyard and standing building recording.  These trips also provided the basis for my significant contributions to the Council for British Archaeology Graveyard Recording Handbook.

Since joining the Trust in 2007 I have been involved with a large number of both commercial and grant-aided projects at the Trust, and have taken the lead in a number of projects.  I have worked both individually and collaboratively with colleagues to deliver successful work programmes from inception to publication.

My involvement in Heneb project work has been of an increasing complexity and responsibility over my time at the Trust, and I feel that my skills have developed considerably over that time.  My work has included full site supervision of a number of staff and report writing.

I have had a considerable supervisory role on a number of recent projects, including a multi-phase site at Rachub, Bethesda, and as part of this was tasked with understanding and recording the complex stratigraphic relationships between different archaeological features, while supervising site colleagues.  I led the team excavating at an early medieval cemetery site at Llaniestyn, Anglesey, overseeing the work from the initial assessment phase through to publication in Archaeologia Cambrensis. I have also developed building recording skills to a high level over the time that I have spent at the Trust, and have jointly produced a paper on the medieval grange chapel at Quirt for the same publication. I feel that I work well with other staff members and volunteers, and help to get the best out of people for the benefit of the project, as well as with individual working.”