A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculptures in Wales Volume 1. Breconshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, and geographically contiguous areas of Herefordshire and Shropshire

V. 1. Breconshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, And Geographically Contiguous Areas Of Herefordshire And Shropshire / M. Redknap And J.m. Lewis With Contributions By Gifford Charles Edwards ... [et Al.] -- V. 2. South-west Wales / Nancy Edwards ; With Contributions By Heather Jackson, Helen Mckee And Patrick Sims-williams -- V. 3. Noth Wales / Nancy Edwards. Published In Association With The Board Of Celtic Studies, The Royal Commission On The Ancient And Historical Monuments Of Wales And Amgueddfa Cymru-national Museum Of Wales. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Inscribed stones and stone sculpture form the most prolific body of material evidencethat survives for early medieval Wales. The inscribed memorial stones in Latin or Old Irish ogam commemmorate the lives the Welsh elite of the time and are crucial to understanding the continutity of early medival Welsh culture with the preceding Roman culture, Irish settlements, and early Welsh kingdoms.