Listing battlefields; & COMMENT DEBATE YOUR LETTERS TO THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF WALES.

* SIR - There certainly used to be many more Welsh battle sites marked on OS maps but many were removed on the advice of the RCAHMW (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales) for reasons that I and others do not entirely disagree with (Letters, Oct 21).

The problem then was that RCAHMW and Cadw were in no rush to see the matter given any further attention until Gethin ap Gruffydd, with his "I'r Gad Welsh Battlefield Campaign", vigorously campaigned to persuade Cadw to follow in the footsteps of English Heritage and work towards producing a Battlefield Register.

This Cadw eventually agreed to and with the aid of the RCAHMW, have been working towards this end.

Generally, at a national level, I find the efforts of Cadw and the RCAHMW, in regards to working towards establishing a Welsh Battlefield Register satisfactory.

However, at a local level, there is much that needs to be done which Welsh battlefield enthusiasts could become involved in. They could and should "adopt" their local battlefield, establish their own research and study groups, and then convince Cadw as to why their local battlefield should be on a "Welsh Battlefield Register" and on OS Maps; local archaeological services need to be encouraged to put in some serious work on location finding of Welsh battlefields; and local enthusiasts could lobby for local Welsh battle site interpretation boards and markers.

S IFAN CEO Embassy Glyndwr

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Title Annotation:	Letters
Publication:	Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:	Oct 26, 2011
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