Archaeo News Podcast 191
Archaeo News Podcast 191 17 May 2011 In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: Protection plan for Bru na Boinne meets opposition Hillfort test of Iron Age communication in...
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Strata Florida Abbey welcomes the Festival of British Archaeology
Archaeologists and students from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David will take part in a Festival of British Archaeology open day at Strata Florida Abbey. The entrance archway to Strata Florida...
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Discovery is hailed as the first clear evidence of Pleistocene rock-art in Wales
By George Nash – Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Bristol, England In September 2010, Dr George Nash was exploring the rear section of a limestone cave that stands within the...
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Podcast 200
Archaeo News Podcast 200 A special extended edition of the Archaeology Podcast News. 2nd October 2011 In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource Contents: New discoveries at Trefael...
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Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine: Speed’s map online
John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is one of the world’s great cartographic treasures. Published in 1611/12, it marked the first time that comprehensive plans of English and Welsh...
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Project Eliseg: Digging for early medieval myths and memories
by Prof. Howard Williams In September 2011, Project Eliseg – comprising staff and students from Bangor and Chester universities – conducted a second season of excavation at the early ninth-century...
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From Pembrokeshire to Stonehenge
A new paper in Archaeology in Wales, produced by Dr Rob Ixer of Leicester University and Dr Richard Bevins of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales confirms, for the first time, the exact origin of...
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DNA research provides a glimpse of Britain’s oldest inhabitants
Recent ongoing research suggests that the Welsh are genetically distinct from the rest of mainland Britain. Professor Peter Donnelly, of Oxford University, showed that many individuals in Wales carry...
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Viking skeleton found on Anglesey, Wales
Scientists from Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, who made the discovery believe it will shed new light on the interaction between Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age worlds operating around the...
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Could Mid Wales have been home to a ‘neolithic theme park’ used for rituals...
Mid Wales could have been home to a “Neolithic theme park” used for gatherings, religious rituals and feasts, archaeologists suggest. A dig at the Walton Basin in Radnorshire is lending weight to the...
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700 year old deer park discovered in Wales
Excavations led by Cardiff University archaeologists has helped to confirm the presence of a royal 13th century deer park at Brynkir in Gwynedd, north Wales. Likely constructed under the reign of...
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Major source of Stonehenge spotted dolerites located
Researchers have uncovered another major source in west Wales, of one of the bluestone types found at StonehengeThe post Major source of Stonehenge spotted dolerites located appeared first on...
View Article5500 year old Trefael stone reveals it secrets
A team of archaeologists from the Welsh Rock Art Organisation (WRAO) have been excavating a site known as Trefael and making exciting new discoveriesThe post 5500 year old Trefael stone reveals it...
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Standing stone cup marks may represent star constellations
George Nash reveals what was found during the excavation around a standing stone in WalesAuthor informationDr George NashInvolved in academic and commercial archaeology, employed as an Associate...
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Stone Pages in collaboration with BAJR presents a weekly podcast with the latest archaeology news, mainly related to prehistory, megalithic monuments and discoveries.
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The Llwydiarth Esgob Stone
The Anglesey Rock Art Project carried out recent field work in an attempt to gain a clearer understanding of the Llwydiarth Esgob Stone in WalesAuthor informationDr George NashInvolved in academic and...
View ArticleArchaeo News Podcast 191
Stone Pages in collaboration with BAJR presents a weekly podcast with the latest archaeology news, mainly related to prehistory, megalithic monuments and discoveries.
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Discovery is hailed as the first clear evidence of Pleistocene rock-art in Wales
Dr George Nash describes the process of discovering and dating an Upper Palaeolithic reindeer engraving in a Welsh caveAuthor informationDr George NashInvolved in academic and commercial archaeology,...
View ArticleProject Eliseg: Digging for early medieval myths and memories
Investigating the enigmatic Pillar of Eliseg, an early medieval Welsh cross which sits atop a prehistoric monument
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