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Archaeological excavations on the Great Orme, Llandudno, c. 1900
  • Photograph of archaeologists excavating the remains of the early 13th century Augustinian priory with the only surviving ecclesiastical medieval garden in Britain. Source: http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk
Excavations at Haverfordwest Priory, 1992
Excavations at the Iron Age hillfort of Maiden Castle, Dorset, 1986
  • This drain (launder) was found during excavation of a Bronze Age copper mine at Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, during the 1990s. Careful excavation and recording of the drain section in the laboratory at the National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff, revealed the toolmarks left by the axes that were used to hollow out this timber trunk, about 4000 years ago.
Archaeologists working on the Cwmystwyth copper mine launder (drain)