W F Grimes
Biographic Data
| ID | 221371 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W F Grimes |
| GIVEN NAMES | W F |
| FAMILY NAME | Grimes |
| SIGNATURE | GRIMES W F |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Museum Wales |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1931 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Excavation of Caesar's Camp, Heathrow, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1944
W. F. Grimes excavated a rectangular earthwork in advance of airport construction in 1944, at Heathrow, Middlesex, and found a timber building of unique ‘concentric-rectangle’ plan, together with penannular house gullies; all these features were thought to be part of the same settlement except for two Neolithic pits. Now it can be seen that a Late Bronze Age occupation attested by scattered pottery and small finds but next to no identifiable stru…
The Archaeology of Roman Britain
A Guide to Roman Britian
The Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
The Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London’s past. The immediate background to the excavations was the bombing of London during the Second World War, which led to the destruction of more than fifty of the three hundred and fifty or so acres that make up the walled city. The interval before rebuilding was a magnificent opportunity for archaeological excavation. The Royal Soc…
Report of the Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at Tenby in 1962
Childe Memorial
The La Tène Art Style in British Early Iron Age Pottery
It is a commonplace that of all the mobile art-forms of prehistoric times pottery is the least mobile and the most domestic. It would be wrong to assert categorically that never before the Roman period or the years immediately preceding it was pottery the subject of trade and transport; but the traffic was at least on a limited scale. Unlike objects of metal, therefore, which may wander far from their place of origin in the course of trade or oth…
Linear Earthworks: Methods of Field Survey
The Council has decided that the study (primarily the survey) of boundary dykes and defensive linear earthworks shall be the major scheme of research to be sponsored by the Society. It is desirable that reports intended for publication by those workers who will take part in this research shall be prepared on agreed lines, in order to facilitate comparative study of the diverse material thus gathered; it will be appreciated (to take only one point…
A Find of the Early Iron Age From Llyn Cerrig Bach, Anglesey
In this publication the Director of the National Museum of Wales describes in detail a highly important find of Early Iron Age objects, made on a remote site in Anglesey in 1943 during wartime building operations. As its significance deserved, the discovery was given a good press at the time and readers of ANTIQUITY will already be familiar with it from the article reprinted in the June, 1944, number. But the title records that this too is an int…
Maiden Castle
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Early Man and the Soils of Anglesey
It is hardly necessary to remind readers of ANTIQUITY of the importance which environmental studies have assumed in archaeology. Since the pioneer work of Crawford and Williams-Freeman in 1912-15 we have become increasingly aware of environment. As a body we are (at least in theory) clay-land-and-damp-oakwood-conscious; we approach no problem of field archaeology without a hopeful eye on the geological map and our idea of its implications.If some…
Museums and the Future
It has long been obvious that a new policy is wanted for our museums and their buildings. The need, often discussed, now takes on a new urgency. The second world war has visited our cities with insensate destruction on a scale which we have hitherto associated only with Acts of God. Some of our museums have already suffered -and as yet we cannot say when or where more will be damaged or destroyed. Replanning schemes will see old museums rebuilt, …
The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial. VII. The Salvaging of the Finds
The removal of the chief finds from the Sutton Hoo ship was an exciting and exacting task extending over more than a week. My own participation began when the gold purse and its trappings—as well as some other objects, such as the whetstone—had been found. The dominant feature in my first view of the ship was a great three-foot purple-grey disk: the silver dish (PLATE XVIII), beneath which the lip of at least one other vessel was promise of more …
The Excavation of Ty-isaf Long Cairn Brecknockshire
Ty-isaf long cairn is one of a group of 13 long cairns in the Black Mountains of Brecknockshire. The existence of the group was first recognised by Mr O. G. S. Crawford, who published them in his Long Barrows of the Cotswolds . Several—in particular Ty Illtyd, Gwernvale and the two fine examples at Fostill near Llanelieu—were already well-known; but Ty-isaf, with a number of others, was first launched on an archaeological career by Mr Crawford in…
Notes on Excavations in Éire, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1939
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A Barrow on Breach Farm, Llanbleddian, Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan (fig. 1, 1) is the middle part of the coastal plain of South Wales. An undulating belt of country much dissected by river systems, its highest parts consisting of knolls and ridges which rarely achieve a height of more than 400 ft. above sea-level, it was occupied fairly intensively throughout prehistoric times. Round barrows are found scattered throughout its length. But they are particularly concentrated in one area in the…
Notes on Excavations in Éire, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1938
The authors of these notes acknowledge the ready co-operation of the numerous excavators who have contributed information concerning their work carried out during the present year
Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1937
The authors of these notes acknowledge the ready collaboration of the numerous excavators who have contributed information or notes concerning work carried out during the present year
The Megalithic Monuments of Wales
This paper summarises the results of the first attempt at systematic study of the megalithic monuments of Wales. Time after time, in the pages of Archaeologia Cambrensis and other journals will be found scattered papers in which the same familiar tombs present themselves; they have formed very inadequate foundations upon which to build, and none of their writers has attempted to place matters upon the only really sound basis, which is that of the…
Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1936
The authors of these notes acknowledge the ready co-operation of the numerous excavators who have contributed information concerning their work carried out during the present year
Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1935
The authors of these notes have to acknowledge the ready co-operation of the numerous excavators who have kindly contributed information concerning their work. The foregoing notes are designed to put members of the Prehistoric Society in possession of the main results of the summer's work, most of which will not be published in full for several months. Once again we would draw attention to the fact that notes on the publications of the year will …
Recent Books on British Archaeology
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Two dug-out boats from Wales
Of the two boats described, the first, from Llandrindod Wells, was examined by the writer in 1929 for the National Museum of Wales. The second was found before 1866 at Llyn Llydaw, Snowdonia ( Arch. Camb. 1874, 147). It has recently been presented to the National Museum of Wales by Mr. Mervyn Griffith, and re-examination having shown that the illustration in the published record gives a wrong impression of its form, this opportunity has been take…
The Excavation of Ty-isaf Long Cairn Brecknockshire
Ty-isaf long cairn is one of a group of 13 long cairns in the Black Mountains of Brecknockshire. The existence of the group was first recognised by Mr O. G. S. Crawford, who published them in his Long Barrows of the Cotswolds . Several—in particular Ty Illtyd, Gwernvale and the two fine examples at Fostill near Llanelieu—were already well-known; but Ty-isaf, with a number of others, was first launched on an archaeological career by Mr Crawford in…
A Barrow on Breach Farm, Llanbleddian, Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan (fig. 1, 1) is the middle part of the coastal plain of South Wales. An undulating belt of country much dissected by river systems, its highest parts consisting of knolls and ridges which rarely achieve a height of more than 400 ft. above sea-level, it was occupied fairly intensively throughout prehistoric times. Round barrows are found scattered throughout its length. But they are particularly concentrated in one area in the…
The Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London’s past. The immediate background to the excavations was the bombing of London during the Second World War, which led to the destruction of more than fifty of the three hundred and fifty or so acres that make up the walled city. The interval before rebuilding was a magnificent opportunity for archaeological excavation. The Royal Soc…
The Excavation of Caesar's Camp, Heathrow, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1944
W. F. Grimes excavated a rectangular earthwork in advance of airport construction in 1944, at Heathrow, Middlesex, and found a timber building of unique ‘concentric-rectangle’ plan, together with penannular house gullies; all these features were thought to be part of the same settlement except for two Neolithic pits. Now it can be seen that a Late Bronze Age occupation attested by scattered pottery and small finds but next to no identifiable stru…
The Megalithic Monuments of Wales
This paper summarises the results of the first attempt at systematic study of the megalithic monuments of Wales. Time after time, in the pages of Archaeologia Cambrensis and other journals will be found scattered papers in which the same familiar tombs present themselves; they have formed very inadequate foundations upon which to build, and none of their writers has attempted to place matters upon the only really sound basis, which is that of the…
The La Tène Art Style in British Early Iron Age Pottery
It is a commonplace that of all the mobile art-forms of prehistoric times pottery is the least mobile and the most domestic. It would be wrong to assert categorically that never before the Roman period or the years immediately preceding it was pottery the subject of trade and transport; but the traffic was at least on a limited scale. Unlike objects of metal, therefore, which may wander far from their place of origin in the course of trade or oth…
Linear Earthworks: Methods of Field Survey
The Council has decided that the study (primarily the survey) of boundary dykes and defensive linear earthworks shall be the major scheme of research to be sponsored by the Society. It is desirable that reports intended for publication by those workers who will take part in this research shall be prepared on agreed lines, in order to facilitate comparative study of the diverse material thus gathered; it will be appreciated (to take only one point…
Maiden Castle
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Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1937
The authors of these notes acknowledge the ready collaboration of the numerous excavators who have contributed information or notes concerning work carried out during the present year
Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1935
The authors of these notes have to acknowledge the ready co-operation of the numerous excavators who have kindly contributed information concerning their work. The foregoing notes are designed to put members of the Prehistoric Society in possession of the main results of the summer's work, most of which will not be published in full for several months. Once again we would draw attention to the fact that notes on the publications of the year will …
Recent Books on British Archaeology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Two dug-out boats from Wales
Of the two boats described, the first, from Llandrindod Wells, was examined by the writer in 1929 for the National Museum of Wales. The second was found before 1866 at Llyn Llydaw, Snowdonia ( Arch. Camb. 1874, 147). It has recently been presented to the National Museum of Wales by Mr. Mervyn Griffith, and re-examination having shown that the illustration in the published record gives a wrong impression of its form, this opportunity has been take…
Two dug-out boats from Wales
Of the two boats described, the first, from Llandrindod Wells, was examined by the writer in 1929 for the National Museum of Wales. The second was found before 1866 at Llyn Llydaw, Snowdonia ( Arch. Camb. 1874, 147). It has recently been presented to the National Museum of Wales by Mr. Mervyn Griffith, and re-examination having shown that the illustration in the published record gives a wrong impression of its form, this opportunity has been take…
Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1935
The authors of these notes have to acknowledge the ready co-operation of the numerous excavators who have kindly contributed information concerning their work. The foregoing notes are designed to put members of the Prehistoric Society in possession of the main results of the summer's work, most of which will not be published in full for several months. Once again we would draw attention to the fact that notes on the publications of the year will …
Recent Books on British Archaeology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Megalithic Monuments of Wales
This paper summarises the results of the first attempt at systematic study of the megalithic monuments of Wales. Time after time, in the pages of Archaeologia Cambrensis and other journals will be found scattered papers in which the same familiar tombs present themselves; they have formed very inadequate foundations upon which to build, and none of their writers has attempted to place matters upon the only really sound basis, which is that of the…
Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1936
The authors of these notes acknowledge the ready co-operation of the numerous excavators who have contributed information concerning their work carried out during the present year
Notes on Excavations in England, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1937
The authors of these notes acknowledge the ready collaboration of the numerous excavators who have contributed information or notes concerning work carried out during the present year
A Barrow on Breach Farm, Llanbleddian, Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan (fig. 1, 1) is the middle part of the coastal plain of South Wales. An undulating belt of country much dissected by river systems, its highest parts consisting of knolls and ridges which rarely achieve a height of more than 400 ft. above sea-level, it was occupied fairly intensively throughout prehistoric times. Round barrows are found scattered throughout its length. But they are particularly concentrated in one area in the…
Notes on Excavations in Éire, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1938
The authors of these notes acknowledge the ready co-operation of the numerous excavators who have contributed information concerning their work carried out during the present year
The Excavation of Ty-isaf Long Cairn Brecknockshire
Ty-isaf long cairn is one of a group of 13 long cairns in the Black Mountains of Brecknockshire. The existence of the group was first recognised by Mr O. G. S. Crawford, who published them in his Long Barrows of the Cotswolds . Several—in particular Ty Illtyd, Gwernvale and the two fine examples at Fostill near Llanelieu—were already well-known; but Ty-isaf, with a number of others, was first launched on an archaeological career by Mr Crawford in…
Notes on Excavations in Éire, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1939
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial. VII. The Salvaging of the Finds
The removal of the chief finds from the Sutton Hoo ship was an exciting and exacting task extending over more than a week. My own participation began when the gold purse and its trappings—as well as some other objects, such as the whetstone—had been found. The dominant feature in my first view of the ship was a great three-foot purple-grey disk: the silver dish (PLATE XVIII), beneath which the lip of at least one other vessel was promise of more …
Museums and the Future
It has long been obvious that a new policy is wanted for our museums and their buildings. The need, often discussed, now takes on a new urgency. The second world war has visited our cities with insensate destruction on a scale which we have hitherto associated only with Acts of God. Some of our museums have already suffered -and as yet we cannot say when or where more will be damaged or destroyed. Replanning schemes will see old museums rebuilt, …
Maiden Castle
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Early Man and the Soils of Anglesey
It is hardly necessary to remind readers of ANTIQUITY of the importance which environmental studies have assumed in archaeology. Since the pioneer work of Crawford and Williams-Freeman in 1912-15 we have become increasingly aware of environment. As a body we are (at least in theory) clay-land-and-damp-oakwood-conscious; we approach no problem of field archaeology without a hopeful eye on the geological map and our idea of its implications.If some…
Linear Earthworks: Methods of Field Survey
The Council has decided that the study (primarily the survey) of boundary dykes and defensive linear earthworks shall be the major scheme of research to be sponsored by the Society. It is desirable that reports intended for publication by those workers who will take part in this research shall be prepared on agreed lines, in order to facilitate comparative study of the diverse material thus gathered; it will be appreciated (to take only one point…
A Find of the Early Iron Age From Llyn Cerrig Bach, Anglesey
In this publication the Director of the National Museum of Wales describes in detail a highly important find of Early Iron Age objects, made on a remote site in Anglesey in 1943 during wartime building operations. As its significance deserved, the discovery was given a good press at the time and readers of ANTIQUITY will already be familiar with it from the article reprinted in the June, 1944, number. But the title records that this too is an int…
The La Tène Art Style in British Early Iron Age Pottery
It is a commonplace that of all the mobile art-forms of prehistoric times pottery is the least mobile and the most domestic. It would be wrong to assert categorically that never before the Roman period or the years immediately preceding it was pottery the subject of trade and transport; but the traffic was at least on a limited scale. Unlike objects of metal, therefore, which may wander far from their place of origin in the course of trade or oth…
Childe Memorial
Report of the Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at Tenby in 1962
A Guide to Roman Britian
The Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
The Excavation of Roman and Mediaeval London
This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London’s past. The immediate background to the excavations was the bombing of London during the Second World War, which led to the destruction of more than fifty of the three hundred and fifty or so acres that make up the walled city. The interval before rebuilding was a magnificent opportunity for archaeological excavation. The Royal Soc…
The Archaeology of Roman Britain
The Excavation of Caesar's Camp, Heathrow, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1944
W. F. Grimes excavated a rectangular earthwork in advance of airport construction in 1944, at Heathrow, Middlesex, and found a timber building of unique ‘concentric-rectangle’ plan, together with penannular house gullies; all these features were thought to be part of the same settlement except for two Neolithic pits. Now it can be seen that a Late Bronze Age occupation attested by scattered pottery and small finds but next to no identifiable stru…
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