Theme: Coastal

Buckspool on the Castlemartin tank firing range is one of many Iron Age promontory forts on the Pembrokeshire coast that…

The coastline is a dynamic environment subject to constant change through the actions of erosion, land-use, and climate change, which…

Arfordir (Welsh for coastline) is a project which aims to record, understand and monitor changes in the coastal heritage of…

‘Arfordir’, or ‘Coastline’, is a pilot project set up to record, understand and monitor changes in our coastal heritage.The project…

In 2019, remains of a possible wooden vessel were reported on the shore at Pensarn Beach, Abergele. A preliminary survey…

Ports and harbours have long been central to the history of south Wales, but their archaeological potential is not well…

As part of the Arfordir Project, Dyfed Archaeological Trust investigated the eroding medieval settlement at St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire. Excavations in…

As part of the Cadw-funded pan-Wales Ports and Harbours Project, this study focused on identifying the maritime archaeological resource of…

Climate change is already having a profound effect on Wales’s historic environment, from flooding and coastal erosion to changing land…

Along the tidal channel of the Afon Leri at Ynyslas lie three hulks—Scheduled Ancient Monuments thought to be 19th-century slate-carrying…

Our field team has been working in unusual conditions upon the north Wales coastline, recording a number of features that…

The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust was contacted by Dr Julian Whitewright, Senior Investigator (Maritime) at the RCAHMW, regarding two sites on…