Theme: Funerary & Ritual

Archaeological excavations at Ysgol yr Hendre, Llanbeblig, Caernarfon, revealed a remarkable sequence of activity ranging from the Roman to the…

As part of a pan-Wales Cadw initiative, Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust surveyed all known prehistoric funerary and ritual sites in the…

As part of Cadw’s 2007 initiative to assess under-represented monument types, Dyfed Archaeological Trust evaluated prehistoric settlement and agricultural remains…

Between 2003 and 2005, Dyfed Archaeological Trust carried out a Cadw-funded programme of surveys to assess all known prehistoric funerary…

Geophysical and topographical surveys near the former farmstead of Pant y Butler identified two prominent Bronze Age round barrows, with…

Following the partial destruction of a scheduled round barrow near Talsarn in the late 1990s, a geophysical survey was commissioned…

In June 2016 what was possibly a previously unrecognised round barrow wasnoted beneath an Ordnance Survey trig point at Fan…

At Crugiau Cemmaes, four prominent Bronze Age barrows—part of a wider cemetery of up to nine mounds—stand alongside evidence of…

This paper reports on excavations at two early medieval cemeteries: Brownslade Barrow and West Angle Bay. At Brownslade, a large…

In July 2017, two cairns and a part of a stone alignment on Mynydd y Betws,Carmarthenshire were excavated. One of…

In 2011, Dyfed Archaeological Trust carried out a four-week excavation at St Bride’s Haven, revealing over 35 early medieval graves.…

At Whitesands Bay in Pembrokeshire, coastal erosion has revealed one of Wales’s most remarkable early medieval sites. Excavations between 2014…