Two early medieval cemeteries in Pembrokeshire: Brownslade Barrow and West Angle Bay

This paper reports on excavations at two early medieval cemeteries: Brownslade Barrow and West Angle Bay. At Brownslade, a large cemetery of long cist and dug graves dating from the 5th to 11th centuries was uncovered, with well-preserved remains allowing detailed skeletal and isotopic analysis that revealed a mobile population and evidence of strenuous lifestyles. At West Angle Bay, excavation and geophysical survey identified a small enclosed cemetery, used between the 7th and 12th centuries, and associated with a possible chapel and traces of settlement. Together, the sites provide significant new insights into burial practice, mobility, and community life in early medieval Pembrokeshire.