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Ceredigion (Cardiganshire/Sir Aberteifi) (County) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 7 news items, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.

St Tyssilio's Churchyard Stone © Simon Marshall

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8 posts Banc-y-Geufron Kerbed Cairn	3 posts Banc Blaenegnant Round Cairn	3 posts Banc Rhosgoch Fach Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech
1 post Banc y Warren Enclosure	32 posts Bedd Taliesin Chambered Cairn	20 posts Bryngwyn Bach Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
5 posts Bryn Goleu Round Cairn	11 posts Bryn Rhosau Round Barrow(s)	1 post Bryn Rhudd Cairn(s)
20 posts Bryn y Gorlan Stone Circle	1 post Bwlch-y-Crwys Round Barrow(s)	8 posts Bwlch east of Moel y Llyn, Ceulanamaesmawr Cairn(s)
2 posts Caer Allt-Goch Hillfort	4 posts Cae'r Arglwyddes I Round Cairn	12 posts Cae'r Arglwyddes II (& the White Stone) Round Cairn
4 posts Caer Lletty-Llwyd Hillfort	4 posts Caer Penrhos Hillfort	17 posts Cantre'r Gwaelod Mesolithic site
3 posts Capel Bangor Camp Hillfort	24 posts Carn Fflur Barrow / Cairn Cemetery	16 posts Carn Gron Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
2 posts Carn Nant-y-Llys Cairn(s)	8 posts Carn Penrhiwllwydog Cairn(s)	12 posts Carn Saith-Wraig Cairn(s)
1 post Carreg Samson Standing Stone / Menhir	3 posts Carreg Samson (Llethr) Standing Stone / Menhir	15 posts Castell Bach and Castell Mawr Hillfort
10 posts Castell Bach, Cwmtydu Cliff Fort	7 posts Castell Bach (Penbryn) Cliff Fort	12 posts Castell Bwa-Drain Hillfort
13 posts Castell Flemish Hillfort	1 post Castell Moeddyn Hillfort	13 posts Castell Rhyfel Hillfort
13 posts Castell Tregaron. Sunnyhill wood camp Hillfort	12 posts Castle Grogwynion Hillfort	14 posts Cefn Cerrig Cairn(s)
8 posts Cerrig Blaencletwr-Fawr (Esgair Foel-ddu) Round Cairn	21 posts Cerrig yr Wyn Standing Stones	10 posts Cnwch Eithinog Cairn(s)
9 posts Cnwch Eithinog Standing Stone / Menhir	5 posts Copa Hill Ancient Mine / Quarry	8 posts Craig Ysradmeurig Round Barrow(s)
2 posts Crug Cou Round Barrow(s)	7 posts Cwmere Farm Stone Standing Stone / Menhir	10 posts Cylch Derwyddol Stone Circle
1 post Darren Camp Hillfort	6 posts Devil's Punch Bowl Natural Rock Feature	20 posts Dolgamfa Circle Kerbed Cairn
1 post Ffynnon-Wen (Llangybi) Sacred Well	6 posts Foel y Mwnt Promontory Fort	11 posts Fron Goch Camp Hillfort
3 posts Gelli Round Barrow Round Barrow(s)	1 post Gilfach-Hafel Camp Hillfort	6 posts Groes Fawr Cist
2 posts Hen Gaer Hillfort	5 posts Llech Bron Standing Stone / Menhir	10 posts Llethr Brith Round Cairn
1 post Llwyn Crwyn Round Barrow(s)	22 posts Moel y Llyn, Ceulanamaesmawr Megalithic Cemetery	7 posts Nant-y-Maen Standing Stone / Menhir
13 posts Old Warren Hillfort Hillfort	49 posts Pendinas Hillfort Hillfort	14 posts Pendinas Lochtyn Hillfort
Penrhyncoch Camp Hillfort	5 posts Penrhyncoch Camp Hillfort	25 posts Pen-y-Bannau Hillfort
3 posts 2 sites Pen-y-Castell	4 posts Pen-y-Felin Wynt Hillfort	14 posts Pen-y-Ffrwyd Llwyd Camp Hillfort
3 posts Pen-y-Graig (Llanarth) Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork	10 posts Pen-y-Gurnos Round Barrow(s)	Pen Banc Cairn(s)
7 posts Pen Glog Round Cairn	21 posts Pen y Foel Goch Cairn(s)	3 posts 2 sites Plas Gogerddan
1 post 31 sites Pumlumon and its Environs	2 posts Tan-y-Ffordd Hillfort	2 posts Trichrug Sacred Hill
1 post Whilgarn Cairn(s)	21 posts Ysbyty Cynfyn Christianised Site	11 posts Y Garn (Carn Gron) Round Cairn

Sites of disputed antiquity:

10 posts Llwyn-on-Fach Standing Stone / Menhir	4 posts Nant-y-Ffrwd Standing Stone / Menhir	2 posts Penbryn Pillar Stone Standing Stone / Menhir
5 posts Penmaen-Gwyn Standing Stone / Menhir	4 posts Penrhyn-Coch War Memorial Standing Stone / Menhir	7 posts Pond Nant y Cagal Stones Standing Stones
4 posts St Tyssilio's Churchyard Stone Standing Stone / Menhir	10 posts Y Garreg Fawr Burial Chamber

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Prehistoric forest arises in Cardigan Bay

Skeletal trees of Borth forest, last alive 4,500 years ago and linked to lost kingdom of Cantre'r Gwaelod, appear at shoreline... continues...

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Posted by moss
21st February 2014ce

Prehistoric landscape uncovered at Borth

From the RCAHMW blog at
http://heritageofwalesnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/prehistoric-landscape-uncovered-at.html

"It’s a race against tide this week at Borth in Ceredigion... continues...

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Posted by blossom
13th March 2012ce

Edited 14th March 2012ce

1,000-year-old fishing trap found on Google Earth

Britain's most ancient fishing trap has been discovered off the coastline of Wales after research carried out on Google Earth.

The 853ft (260m) long construction is thought to have been built 1,000 years ago, around the time of the Domesday Book, using large rocks placed on a river bed... continues...

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Posted by Pilgrim
16th March 2009ce

Edited 17th March 2009ce

Iron Age Site Dig Open to Public

From an article published on the BBC News web site on 6th August 2006:

Archaeologists excavating an Iron Age farmstead in west Wales say the site may have been home to "several families" as early as 200 BC... continues...

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Posted by Kammer
6th August 2006ce

Edited 10th August 2006ce

Ceredigion Archaeology Day School

A day school aimed at anyone who is interested in the history and archaeology of Ceredigion is running on Saturday 4th March between 10.50 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.

The event is taking place at the Hugh Owen Lecture Theatre, Aberystwyth University [sic].

Cambria Archaeology

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Posted by Kammer
24th February 2006ce

Roman [sic] lead industry found in bog

From an article published on the BBC News web site on 29th July 2005:

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a Roman lead smelting site in a peat bog in Ceredigion... continues...

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Posted by Kammer
3rd August 2005ce

Edited 7th February 2006ce

Bronze Age Farms Discovered In Ceredigion Field

Archaeologists were called in to investigate the site near Llandysul after workmen clearing farmland for a new Welsh Development Agency industrial estate noticed dark circles in the soil.

Cambria Archaeology workers then identified several large circular graves from the Bronze Age... continues...

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Posted by BrigantesNation
22nd August 2003ce

Edited 7th February 2006ce

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Cantre'r Gwaelod (Mesolithic site) — News

Mythical ' Sunken Kingdom' of Wales rises again

A prehistoric forest which was buried under water and sand more than 4,500 years ago and inspired a local legend has been uncovered on a Welsh beach.

The forest near the village of Borth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, used to stretch for up to three miles along the shore between Ynys-las and Borth but eventually was buried under layers of peat, sand and saltwater.

The eerie remains of these ancient trees under Borth's beach have led to the local legend of the mythical Sunken Kingdom of Wales, called Cantre'r Gwaelod.

Folklore has it that Cantre’r Gwaelod, or the Sunken Hundred, was a once-fertile land and township stretching for 20 miles, but was lost beneath the waves in a mythical age.

According to tales passed down through the ages, disaster struck and Cantre’r Gwaelod was lost to floods when Mererid, the priestess of a fairy well, apparently neglected her duties and allowed the well to overflow. Some say that on a quiet day, they can hear the bells of the drowned church of Cantre’r Gwaelod.

Now the remains of the forest's trees have been exposed more clearly than ever by low tides and high winds from Storm Hannah.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7057361/Petrified-forest-Bronze-Age-emerged-Welsh-beach.html

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Posted by moss
23rd May 2019ce

Devil's Punch Bowl (Natural Rock Feature) — Fieldnotes

Last May I came down this way to have a look at Buwch a'r Lloe standing stones, but I also, if we'd had enough time, wanted to go and have another walk around the waterfalls at Devil's Bridge. Three months later and yet another plan goes to pot, this time I wanted to go to Dolgamfa kerb circle, via Ysbyty Cynfyn church circle. But the rain was unabating, we'd got wet enough for one day, so I decided Devils bridge alone would suffice, for now.
I am fairly certain I've said "This is the most beautiful place in Wales" before, but that's because I'd forgotten about Devil's bridge, I have kicked myself hard, repeatedly, because this time I really mean it. This is the most beautiful place in Wales.

There are no ancient remains here, no cairns or stones, no fort, no huts. But, we are left with the option of natural rock feature, and this is certainly one of those. The Afon Mynach is a short lived river it's entire length is no more than four kilometers, for most of it's stretch the water hurries along at an untroubled pace, but soon enough it all kicks off.
The river narrows, squeezing itself through an ever tighter gorge, fallen logs try to bar the rivers progress, the river cares not, it just keeps on going.
Then it does something funny, as the chilled water pours through one particularly narrow crevice, it starts to swirl, the current grinding round and round, forming circular holes in the bedrock for the river to negotiate through, three in all (maybe).
Then it's through the narrowest river gorge I've ever seen, A slim serpentine, a water worn fissure, bridged by one of the most should be famous bridges in the world.
The Mynach, having endured the chasm, now falls 90m, over five falls, creating one of the most sit and watchable sites in Wales. Old trees, copious fernage, with unstoppable moss, all bathed in late summer rain, sweet sweet rain that falls from the heavens and makes everything shiny and exquisitely bewitching.
Then the Mynach disappears through another tight ravine and is gone, in a few hundred yards it'll join the Afon Rheidol. A nice river to be sure, but the best bit is now behind it. It is off to the sea now passing below half a dozen hill forts til it finally empties into the Irish sea at Aberystwyth.

Though there are no ancient remains here, I'm sure the place would have been know to the Iron age people who lived nearby, and maybe to the Bronze age folk too, kerb circles close by to the north are close to water worn gorges. But devils bridge is the water and rock site par excellence, they were here alright, as mesmerised by the otherworldly beauty found here as I am.

In the beginning though it was the bridges above the Mynach that brought me here, and are I believe worthy of mention.

The present road bridge is a late twentieth century reconstruction of an iron or steel lattice girder bridge of 1901. Immediately below is the bridge built in 1753.
The 1753 bridge frames the comparatively diminutive lower bridge which, perched on the living rock above the river chasm, has a single arch perhaps 6.0m wide that crosses some 30m above the gushing torrent. This stone rubble bridge is thought to be a medieval structure, perhaps sixteenth century, although it appears to have been much restored when the 1753 bridge was built over it.

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