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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.

The Historic Churches Survey

Ecclesiastic
Though seemingly unchanging, many historic churches have witnessed constant renewal, adaptation and repair during the last thousand years or more to meet the changing needs and aspirations of… View
Stone-built rural church with a square tower and slate roof, surrounded by old gravestones in a grassy churchyard, set against a backdrop of wooded hills under a bright blue sky.

Caring For Churches

Ecclesiastic
Though seemingly unchanging, many historic churches have witnessed constant renewal, adaptation and repair during the last thousand years or more to meet the changing needs and aspirations of… View

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… View

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… View

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… View

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… View

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,… View

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… View

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… View

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… View

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… View

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… View