Theme: Monuments and Landscapes

The area which now forms the south-east corner of Wales was under Roman rule for approximately three and a half…

Oystermouth Castleis a familiar site in Swansea. It was rescued in the middle of the 19th century by local antiquary…

In 2006 to 2008 and 2009 to 2010 Gwynedd Archaeological Trust carried out archaeological excavations in advance of a major…

Excavations by Gwynedd Archaeological Trust between 2013 and 2017 revealed that Hen Gastell is a small but high-status medieval defended…

Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust carried out a series of investigations at Beacon Ring hillfort in 2017–18, with funding from Cadw. Work…

Cross-ridge dykes, thought to date to the early medieval period, are rare features in southeast Wales, typically surviving as short…

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

Since the 1980s, aerial photography has identified over 55 crop-marked enclosures in south Ceredigion, including a distinctive group of rectangular…

A desk-based study carried out in 2004–05 identified over 1,000 certain and possible prehistoric defended enclosures across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and…

Porth y Rhaw, near Solva, is a heavily defended coastal promontory fort now threatened by cliff erosion. Excavations uncovered the…

Cadw has supported a series of surveys to improve understanding of prehistoric defended enclosures across Wales. Following an initial scoping…

Since the 1980s, aerial photography has identified over 55 crop-marked enclosures in south Ceredigion and several more in north Pembrokeshire,…