Expert to discuss Pembrokeshire parish landscape history

The 1967 excavation of Walesland Rath near Pelcomb Cross <i>(Image: Pembrokeshire Historical Society)</i>
The 1967 excavation of Walesland Rath near Pelcomb Cross (Image: Pembrokeshire Historical Society)
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An expert will unveil secrets of the Pembrokeshire landscape at a historical society meeting.

Former Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority worker Charles Mathieson will discuss the Quaker Burial Ground at Portfield Gate, the 18th-century enclosure of the Townred of Sutton, and how land ownership altered a parish's landscape.

It will be discussed at the Pembrokeshire Historical Society's first lecture of the season on Friday, October 2.

After 27 years of service, Mr Mathieson retired in 2017.

He has been researching Lambston, a parish west of Haverfordwest, since 2016.

His talk, titled "Lambston: Parish and Landscape," will be held at Pembrokeshire Archives in Prendergast, Haverfordwest.

This will follow a short annual meeting which begins at 2.30pm.

Mr Mathieson, who studied geography at Hertford College, Oxford, has also worked for the Countryside Commission and the National Trust.

The talk will be open to the public.

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