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Plastic waste found by archaeologists at Pembrokeshire hill-fort It was not what archaeologists at an ancient Welsh hill-fort expected to find - a mountain of plastic. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55573129 |
Posted by drewbhoy9th January 2021ce |
Pembrokeshire is 'dig destination' for archaeology studentsPembrokeshire is one of the 'dig destinations' for archaeology students this summer. Dozens of students from all over the world are working in the county at a number of excavation sites, a major one being at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort, which is owned and run by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority... continues... |
Posted by Jane12th August 2005ce Edited 12th August 2005ce |
Long-running Dig Draws to an EndMore at The Western Mail A 24-year archaeological dig which has transformed Wales' view of the Iron Age is to be wound up. ..... continues... |
Posted by Rhiannon5th August 2004ce Edited 11th October 2004ce |
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| This is a cracking place to visit. Visible from the main road (just). Well sign posted with a decent car park and visitor's centre / shop. The walk to the village from the car park is lovely through the trees and is an easy 10 minute stroll. When I visited myself, Karen and Dafydd were the only ones there and had free roam of the village. Dafydd loved running in an out of the round houses which were furnished with beds, hides, hearths etc. There are old breeds of goats / sheep in the paddocks around the site and it is easy to imagine you are back in the Iron Age. It feels like the inhabitants have just 'nipped out' and are due back at any time! Excellent place to visit - well worth the long drive. |
Posted by CARL 28th April 2010ce |
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The roundhouses blew me away, and the detail of the interiors was wonderous! I loved everything about this place, and apart from the lack of sunshine, it looked and smelled just like being back in an African village: the smoke seeping out through the deep thatched rooves, the inky blackness of the interior of the huts, the smouldering logs, the woven withy fences, the cow shite and mud walls, the dust underfoot, the rough branches holding up essential furnishings, the sense of constant activity needed to maintain the place; rethatching, weaving and so on. I would have been quite happy ‘surviving the iron age’. I felt quite at home here and it rekindled my spirits. This post appears as part of the weblog entry Pentre Ifan and more Preseli proceedings…
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Posted by Jane 2nd June 2003ce Edited 10th June 2003ce |
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This is the place where "Surviving the Iron Age" was filmed. Luckily, the site is everything the series wasn't. Get there by 2pm for the excellent guided tour. Fantastic place - can't recommend it enough ... |
Posted by RiotGibbon 20th August 2001ce |
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University of York: Castell HenllysA web site about the excavation of Castell Henllys. |
Posted by Kammer2nd December 2006ce |
Gathering the JewelsAn aerial photo of Castell Henllys taken in 1991. There's a second (undated) aerial photo on the same site. |
Posted by Kammer 28th June 2004ce Edited 28th June 2004ce |
Castell Henllys Web Site |
Posted by RiotGibbon 23rd August 2001ce Edited 10th June 2007ce |
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