Archaeologists are always working on new projects in Wales. A shortage of workers and funding inhibit the work, but the Dyfed Archaeological Trust conducted seven different digs, mostly using volunteer labor, in 2010. A look at their page is a good review of what ‘real’ archaeology is like: lots of digging, frustration, and grunt work, interspersed with occasional finds. http://www.cambria.org.uk/ They worked on:
Pantybutler Round Barrows 2010
Tir y Dail Castle, Ammanford Dig Diary July 2010
Upper Newton Roman Villa at Wolfscastle, Pembrokeshire – Dig Diary 2010
Nevern Castle Summer Excavation 2010
Nevern Castle Spring Excavation 2010
Each of these is a fascinating study in luck and circumstance (and hard work). There are four archaeological trusts in Wales (Dyfed, Gwynedd, Glamorgan-Gwen, and Clwyd-Powys), found here: http://www.archwilio.org.uk/
Gwynedd’s digs include:
Llys Rhosyr: Palace of the Princes
Dig Diary: Parc Cybi, Holyhead
Dig Diary: Parc Cegin, Llandygai
North Anglesey Standing Stones tour
In addition, Aber Garth Celyn was under excavation this fall under the auspices of Snowdonia national park archaeologists: http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/2010/10/21/archaelogists-may-have-discovered-12th-century-royal-court-in-aber-55243-27512832/
Hi Sarah,
I’m glad to have found your website and blog. I, too, am captured by British history to the point of writing fiction about it.
Your blog is so full of information and great stuff it’ll take me ages to read it all. Just these links are plenty to start with. Thank you.
Thank you so much!