I have fifteen years' experience of building roundhouses, having graduating from Reading University with a degree in archaeology. My passion was kick-started by working with the late great Dr. Peter Reynolds of Butser Hill Ancient Farm. Since then I have designed and built several across southern England and Wales, and consulted on many more. In my role as Principal Curator of Historic Buildings at St. Fagans National History Museum, I am currently overseeing the construction of a clay-walled conjoined roundhouse.
Mae gen i bymtheg mlynedd o brofiad yn adeiladu tai crwn, a hynny ar ol cwbwlhau gradd mewn archaeoleg o Brifysgol Reading. Tyfodd fy niddordeb ar ol gweithio gyda arloeswr mawr yn y maes, Dr. Peter Reynolds o Butser Hill Ancient Farm. Ers hynny rwyf wedi adeiladu sawl ty crwn ledled Cymru a de Lloegr, ac wedi ymgynghori ar nifer mwy. Yn fy swydd fel Prif Guradur Adeiladau Hanesyddol Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, Sain Ffagan, rwyf yn gorychwilio adeiladaeth o dy crwn dwbwl gyda waliau o glai.
Mae gen i bymtheg mlynedd o brofiad yn adeiladu tai crwn, a hynny ar ol cwbwlhau gradd mewn archaeoleg o Brifysgol Reading. Tyfodd fy niddordeb ar ol gweithio gyda arloeswr mawr yn y maes, Dr. Peter Reynolds o Butser Hill Ancient Farm. Ers hynny rwyf wedi adeiladu sawl ty crwn ledled Cymru a de Lloegr, ac wedi ymgynghori ar nifer mwy. Yn fy swydd fel Prif Guradur Adeiladau Hanesyddol Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, Sain Ffagan, rwyf yn gorychwilio adeiladaeth o dy crwn dwbwl gyda waliau o glai.
www.theroundhouse.org is a partner website. It documents the construction of two roundhouses built by my friends and I in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Firstly, we built an Iron age style house with wattle and daub walls and a thatch of bracken, and after many years of good service this was dismantled to make way for the house seen on the left. This is of a modern design using lessons we learned from its predecessor. The whole building is raised off the ground and has a wooden floor, straw bale walls, a water-reed thatch, and double-glazed windows.
As an introduction to the realities of building either style of roundhouse this site is a must.
Mae www.tycrwn.org yn bartner i'r wefan yma. Mae yn ddogfen o ddau dy crwn a adeiladwyd gennyf fi a fy ffrindiau ym Mro Morgannwg. Adeiladom dy mewn arddull Oes yr Haearn yn gyntaf gyda walie gwial a dwb, a to o redyn. Ar ol sawl mlynedd o wasanaeth da fe ddymchwelwyd y ty yma er mwyn gwneud lle i'r ty a welwch ar y llun. Mae hwn yn dy o gynllun modern wedi ei seilio ar wersi a ddysgwyd o'r un gwreiddiol. Mae'r adeilad wedi ei godi ar goesau sydd yn dal llawr pren, mae ganddo waliau o wellt a ffenestri dwbwl.
Fel cyflwyniad i adeiladu naill dy mae'r wefan yma yn arbennig.
As an introduction to the realities of building either style of roundhouse this site is a must.
Mae www.tycrwn.org yn bartner i'r wefan yma. Mae yn ddogfen o ddau dy crwn a adeiladwyd gennyf fi a fy ffrindiau ym Mro Morgannwg. Adeiladom dy mewn arddull Oes yr Haearn yn gyntaf gyda walie gwial a dwb, a to o redyn. Ar ol sawl mlynedd o wasanaeth da fe ddymchwelwyd y ty yma er mwyn gwneud lle i'r ty a welwch ar y llun. Mae hwn yn dy o gynllun modern wedi ei seilio ar wersi a ddysgwyd o'r un gwreiddiol. Mae'r adeilad wedi ei godi ar goesau sydd yn dal llawr pren, mae ganddo waliau o wellt a ffenestri dwbwl.
Fel cyflwyniad i adeiladu naill dy mae'r wefan yma yn arbennig.
If your roundhouse is not on the list, and you would like it to be; or if you know of any roundhouses not represented here, then do please get in touch. It would also be great if you could include a link from your site to mine.
Many of the thumbnail images on this site are not my own. If you like I could include a credit, or conversely if you do not wish me to use your image (or indeed feature on this site), please contact me through the form below.
Diolch yn fawr / Many thanks,
Dafydd Wiliam.
Many of the thumbnail images on this site are not my own. If you like I could include a credit, or conversely if you do not wish me to use your image (or indeed feature on this site), please contact me through the form below.
Diolch yn fawr / Many thanks,
Dafydd Wiliam.
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