Geography and Maps

Bronze Age Copper Mines
A report of investigations in Ireland, England, and Wales, an article from British Archaeology.

Bryn Celli Wen
Llandaniel Fab parish, in southern Anglesey, Neolithic and Bronze age occupations; Universities of Sheffield and Southampton joint project.

Bryn Euryn
The early medieval royal strongholds of North Wales at a hillfort near Colwyn Bay, an article in British Archaeology.

Castell Henllys
In Wales, an Iron Age fort, excavations by University of Wales, Lampeter.

Conwy Castle
From Current Archaeology, pictures of a 13th century castle built by Edward I of England.

Dolforwyn Castle, Powys
From the University of York, 17 years of excavation and restoration on this castle built for Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in 1272/3 and abandoned in 1398.
     Dolforwyn Castle from the Castles of Wales site, includes photos, text and a line drawing reconstruction.

Dryslwyn Castle
Excavation by Durham University of this 13th century castle in Wales.

Great Orme's Head
Bronze age copper mines may give us clues to the origins of bronze artifacts, an article in British Archaeology.
     Great Orme Mines Web site of the mines; directed toward middle-school students.

Gwynedd
18th-19th century copper mining, an article in British Archaeology.

Hafod Rugg
Sub-medieval fort site, from Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.

Hindwell
A large Neolithic occupation, twice the size of Avebury, possibly the largest known Neolithic enclosure in Western Europe; an article in British Archaeology.
     The Neolithic Palisaded Enclosure an article in jungsteinSITE; English with some German.

Llanbedrgoch on Anglesey
Saxon and Viking age occupations reveal evidence for trade, an article from British Archaeology.
     Digging for Vikings Five years of excavation reports for this Viking age occupation.

Llyn Cerrig Bach
From Mike Parker Pearson and British Archaeology, a report on "votive depositions" from the Bronze and Iron Ages in Wales.

The Llys of Rhosyr
One of the royal courts of the 13th century princes of Gwynedd, in British Archaeology.

Magor Pill
A shipwreck in the Severn Estuary, dated to 1239/40 by dendrochronology, an article from British Archaeology.

Megaliths of Wales
From Jan Bily, images of Holy Head Island, especially Bryn Celli Ddu

Paviland Cave
Early Upper Palaeolithic site, Antiquity article by Stephen Aldhouse-Green & Paul Pettitt on the "Red-Lady" burial.

Red Wharf Bay
A Viking settlement, two large Viking-type halls and a third building, dating from the 9th or 10th centuries, an article from British Archaeology.

Rhosyr
Excavation of a Welsh prince's castle, built probably during the 12th century, and abandoned after the conquest of Edward I.

Welshpool
A site in Wales dated to the Dark Ages (from the late Roman period to around the 6th century), a brief note from British Archaeology.

Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust
An independent limited company with charitable status; conducts research and conservation for archaeological sites in southeast Wales.

Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Independent company investigating archaeological sites in northwest Wales. Includes site reports and ongoing investigations.

Royal Commission on Ancient Historical Monuments of Wales
RCAHMW, established in 1908, surveys, maps, and protects the ancient and historical monuments in Wales. The website includes information on current projects, and an online database of Welsh monuments. Welsh and English.

Lawrence Butler
University of York, later medieval period, especially monastic settlement in Western Europe and military sites in Britain, current research includes Rushen Abbey in the Isle of Man, and at Dolforwyn castle in central Wales.

Penny Dransart
University of Wales at Lampeter, co-director of the Scottish Episcopal Palaces Project; excavations at Fetternear, Aberdeenshire, and archaeological surveys at Kinneddar, Morayshire.

Harold Mytum
University of York, Western Britain and Ireland from later Prehistory to the early Medieval period; work on Castell Henllys.

Clive Ruggles
University of Leicester, aerial and ground photography of several sites in Wales.

Julian Thomas
Southampton, Neolithic of Western Europe, work in Scotland and the Bryn Celli Wen project.

A Brief History of Wales
From Britannia.com

The Castles of Wales
Information on a slew of the medieval fortresses and castles of Wales, by Jeffrey Thomas, in English and Welsh.