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<< Our Photo Pages >> Brecknock Museum - Museum in Wales in Powys

Submitted by cerrig on Saturday, 30 November 2002  Page Views: 9453

MuseumsSite Name: Brecknock Museum
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.229 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Brecon
Map Ref: SO044283  Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.944955N  Longitude: 3.392255W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Brecknock Museum
Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : The display of stones in Brecon museum's Ancient history section. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Powys

Prehistory, the Romans, and Dark Ages are explored in Ancient Brecknock

Address: Captains Walk, LD3 7DS
Phone: 01874 624121
Opening Hours: Open Monday-Friday 10 - 5; Saturday 10-1 and 2-5 (2-4 Nov-Feb); Sunday 12-5 (April-Sept only)
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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : The Llywel stone, or rather one of 3 copies of it, the original is in the British museum, there named the "Trecastell stone". As well as these strange carvings, which remind me of Newgrange type petroglyths, there are also Ogham inscriptions down the edge, and on the reverse is a Latin inscription. (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Some nicely carved crosses. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Stone 4. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Close up of the top panel of the Llywel stone, Brecon museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Urn from prehistoric times, sorry I did not get the date of this item.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by DrewParsons : The dug-out canoe from Llangors Lake Crannog. September 2011.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by DrewParsons : The log boat or dug-out canoe found 400 metres from the Llangors Lake Crannog and dated to between 760 AD and 1020 AD. September 2011.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Neolithic ceremonial axes very similar in style to a mere - the New Zealand Maori ceremonial club still in use for cultural events in NZ today. September 2011.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by DrewParsons : Two recent finds on display in September 2011: 1:= A flanged axe with a crescentic cutting edge dated to between 2050 BC and 1700 BC. 2: A Late Iron Age neck collar terminal.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Exhibit 1. (1 comment)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Exhibit 2. (1 comment)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Exhibit 3. (1 comment)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Exhibit 4. (1 comment)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : The ancient history display cases.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Stone 6. (1 comment)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Stones 2 and 3. (1 comment)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Stone 1. (1 comment)

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : A side view , showing the Ogham inscriptions.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : The bottom panel, Llywel stone, Brecon museum.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by cerrig : Close up of the centre panel, the Llywel stone. Brecon museum.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by Sunny100 : Illustration showing the side of The Llywel Stone (replica), in Brecknock museum, with it's Ogham inscription on the edge. These are a series of notches which when read give a name - in this case MAQUTRENI SALICIDUNI and when translated 'The Stone of Maqutrenus Salicidunus'. This inscription probably dates from the 5th century CE.

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Brecknock Museum submitted by Sunny100 : Illustration of The Llywel Stone in the museum. It is a replica of the original that is housed in The British Museum, London. Dating from the 6th century CE it was found in the Trecastle area. It is carved with symbols and figures and inscriptions in both Ogham and Latin, which is said to be quite unique in respect to the other early Christian memorial stones in Wales. (6 comments)

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Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery currently closed by Andy B on Tuesday, 27 March 2018
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Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery is currently closed to visitors while exciting new developments take place. There is restricted access to collections and the schools service is still available.

Y Gaer is a new cultural hub in Brecon, opening in late 2018. The project will develop Brecknock Museum and Brecon Library as a valuable community resource for the people of Brecon and the surrounding area, provide opportunities for participation and volunteering and become a significant tourist attraction.

https://customer.powys.gov.uk/article/1169/Y-Gaer
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Re: Brecknock Museum - The Llywel Stone by AngieLake on Sunday, 02 October 2011
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Have just been browsing 'Celtic Mysteries - The Ancient Religion' by John Sharkey [Thames and Hudson, 1975], and the final page shows a clear detail of the patterned stone known as The Llywel Stone.
This is what the author says:
"This unique pictographic stone, which has a sun symbol on its other face and ogham characters on one side, is now mounted upside-down on a concrete plinth in the British Museum." [Remember, he's writing this nearly 40 yrs ago!] "It can be seen as a map of the adventures of a local hero or chief, with a proliferation of symbols for boats, water and other objects; as such it has similarities with rock carvings found in North America and elsewhere. But it was more probably part of a capstone over the entrance to a burial chamber, depicting the voyage of the soul through different realms of consciousness."
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Re: Brecknock Museum by cerrig on Tuesday, 12 October 2010
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I would like to point out that all photo's here are reproduced with the kind permission of Brecon Museum.
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Re: Brecknock Museum by Sunny100 on Friday, 08 October 2010
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The Latin inscription on the reverse side of The Lywel Stone reads: MACCUTRENI SALICIDVNI or The Stone of Maccutrenus Salicidunus, and in the Ogham script (at the edge of the stone) MAQUTRENI SALICIDUNI with more or less the same version as the Latin one. The slab-stone dates from the 5th-6th century CE.

Originally found close to Trecastle W of Brecon, it is carved with strange symbols and figures, quite unique for the many early Christian memorial stones in Wales, but conveys a message of sorts which is not yet known to us.
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