Making Oak Gall Ink at Llancaiach Fawr Living History Museum
Channel: Visit Caerphilly
Date: 2021-01-21

At LLancaiach Fawr we try to make everything as historically accurate as we possibly can, and as visitors to the manor house are able to handle many of the objects, they have to look as close to the originals as possible. This even applies to the ink we use to create out hand-written, reproduction documents.
Join one of our skilled historical interpreters as they demonstrate the process of making a traditional oak gall ink.

Llancaiach Fawr Manor House is a 16th century Welsh Capital House which sits between the villages of Gelligaer and Nelson in the borough of Caerphilly. Since it opened to the public as a Living History Museum in 1991 it has become famous for the quality and accuracy of its historical interpretation, winning dozens of awards in the field of Heritage Education. The highly skilled team of full-time historical interpreters present the everyday lives of servants at the home of Colonel Edward Prichard, a prominent gentleman at the time of the Civil War (1642-1649). Llancaiach Fawr welcomes around 50,000 visitors a year, who become immersed in the sights, sounds, and smells of a working household in the year 1645. 



Yn LLancaiach Fawr rydym yn ceisio gwneud popeth mor hanesyddol gywir ag y gallwn o bosibl, a chan fod ymwelwyr â'r maenordy yn gallu trin llawer o'r gwrthrychau, mae'n rhaid iddynt edrych mor agos at y rhai gwreiddiol â phosibl. Mae hyn hyd yn oed yn berthnasol i'r inc a ddefnyddiwn i greu dogfennau atgynhyrchu a ysgrifennwyd â llaw.
Ymunwch ag un o'n dehonglwyr hanesyddol medrus wrth iddynt arddangos y broses o wneud inc bustl derw traddodiadol.

Mae Maenordy Llancaiach Fawr yn Brifddinas Gymreig o'r 16eg ganrif sy'n eistedd rhwng pentrefi Gelligaer a Nelson ym mwrdeistref Caerffili. Ers iddo agor i'r cyhoedd fel Amgueddfa Hanes Byw ym 1991 mae wedi dod yn enwog am ansawdd a chywirdeb ei ddehongliad hanesyddol, gan ennill dwsinau o wobrau ym maes Addysg Treftadaeth. Mae'r tîm medrus iawn o ddehonglwyr hanesyddol amser llawn yn cyflwyno bywydau bob dydd gweision yng nghartref y Cyrnol Edward Prichard, gŵr bonheddig amlwg ar adeg y Rhyfel Cartref (1642-1649). Mae Llancaiach Fawr yn croesawu tua 50,000 o ymwelwyr y flwyddyn, sy'n ymgolli yng ngolygfeydd, synau ac arogleuon aelwyd sy'n gweithio yn y flwyddyn 1645.

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