Cylchgronau Cymru

OUR CONTRIBUTORS F. J. NORTH, O.B.E., D.SC., F.G.S., F.S.A., F.M.A. Keeper of the Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Past President of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society: South Wales Institute of Engineers, and Museums Association, etc. Frequent contributor to learned journals; author of 'Coal and Coalfields in Wales'; 'The Slates of Wales'; 'The River Scenery at the Head of the Vale of Neath'; 'The Evolution of the Bristol Channel,' etc. H. W. SAVORY, M.A., D.PHIL., F.S.A., F.M.A. Assistant Keeper of the Department of Archaeology, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; lecturer and author. Recent publications include 'The Excavation of a Neolithic Dwelling and a Bronze Age Cairn at Mount Pleasant Farm, Nottage (Glam.), (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1955); 'The Excavation of an Early Iron Age Fortified Settlement on Mynydd Bychan, Llysworney (Glam.), (AC 1954-5 and National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1956); 'Some Sub-Romano-British Brooches from South Wales' in Dark Age Britain, Studies presented to E. T. Leeds, London, 1956; lists of earthworks and notes on recent archaeological excavations and discoveries in Bulletin of Celtic Studies, etc. THE REV. J. SEYMOUR REES. Congregational Minister, preacher, lecturer, poet and prose writer; well known for his researches in Welsh history, litera- ture, customs and folklore; prominent eisteddfodwr and a regular prize winner at the National Eisteddfod of Wales; frequent contributor to the Welsh literary journals. His con- tribution to the present volume won the prize at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, held in Ystradgynlais, 1954.