Our Projects
From the earliest human settlements to modern-day constructions, Heneb’s projects span a diverse range of sites and landscapes. Our work has revealed the stories of rural communities, industrial heritage, urban developments, and large-scale infrastructure projects.
Explore our collection of past projects to discover the remarkable breadth and impact of our archaeological work.
Early medieval ecclesiastical sites in southeast Wales
Ecclesiastic
This Cadw-funded project examined the evidence for pre-Norman ecclesiastical sites in the former counties of Glamorgan and Gwent. A desk-based assessment brought together documentary sources, place-name evidence, and…
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THE PEMBROKESHIRE CEMETERIES PROJECT: PORTHCLEW CHAPEL
Ecclesiastic
Excavations in 2008 and 2009 at Porthclew Chapel revealed a complex site with evidence of multiple phases of activity. Geophysical survey and trenching identified a substantial enclosure surrounding…
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SURVEY AND EXCAVATION AT LLANLLYR MEDIEVAL NUNNERY AND POST-MEDIEVAL MANSION, CEREDIGION, 2014-2015
Excavation
Llanllyr House, built in the 1830s by the Lewes family, is traditionally thought to occupy the site of the medieval Llanllyr Nunnery. However, no medieval buildings or earthworks…
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Medieval and Early Post-Medieval Holy Wells
Ecclesiastic
As part of Cadw’s threat-related assessment programme, these projects examined the survival and significance of holy wells across southwest Wales. The initial survey identified 188 sites, with field…
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MEDIEVAL AND POST-MEDIEVAL CROSSES
Ecclesiastic
As part of Cadw’s threat-related assessment programme, this project reviewed the condition and significance of medieval and post-medieval crosses across southwest Wales. Of more than 100 known sites,…
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MEDIEVAL AND EARLY POST-MEDIEVAL CHURCHES AND CHAPELS: A THREAT-RELATED ASSESSMENT 2010-11
Ecclesiastic
As part of Cadw’s threat-related assessment programme, this project reviewed the condition and significance of churches and chapels across southwest Wales. Many of the nearly 2,000 known sites…
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Churches: An overview of the churches of Carmarthenshire & Ceredigion
Ecclesiastic
This project brings together surveys of historic churches in Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion as part of the wider Welsh Historic Churches initiative. Originally conceived as a database rather than…
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CAPEL Y GROES, SWYDDFFYNNON, CEREDIGION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Community
Identified through the Strata Florida Landscape Project and the Cadw-funded Wetland Margins Survey, Capel y Groes was thought to be the site of a medieval chapel linked to…
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Excavation of an early medieval cemetery at St Patrick’s Chapel
Ecclesiastic
At Whitesands Bay in Pembrokeshire, coastal erosion has revealed one of Wales’s most remarkable early medieval sites. Excavations between 2014 and 2021 uncovered an eighth-century stone-built enclosure with…
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Medieval and Early Post-Medieval Holy Wells in West Wales
Ecclesiastic
This project, funded by Cadw, set out to identify and assess holy wells dating from the medieval and early post-medieval periods across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, and Ceredigion. Using the…
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Historic churches in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire
Ecclesiastic
In the late 1990s Dyfed Archaeological Trust rapidly surveyed historic churches in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire as part of a pan-Wales survey, grant-aided by Cadw and carried out…
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Basingwerk Abbey and Greenfield Valley
Ecclesiastic
Basingwerk Abbey, located in Greenfield in Holywell, stands as one of Flintshire’s most significant archaeological monuments. The abbey's ruins, once a substantial Cistercian monastic complex, are nestled within…
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