Neolithic Period

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  January 11, 2025

  Cerrig y Gof

  This site sits in a field overlooking the coast near Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales.. It’s been a site of great interest to antiquarians and archaeologists for hundreds of years and we had been been eager to visit for some time! In Pembrokeshire we have a large concentration of dolmens that survive today. From the classic…

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  January 11, 2025

  Twlc y Filiast

  This disturbed neolithic megalith sits in a woodland in the small village of Llangynog in Carmarthenshire, Wales. In this post we’ll cover the excavations that took place here in the 1950s, as well as delve into the legends surrounding its name… Excavation of the site:The site was excavated in 1953 by Hubert N. Savory. The…

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  January 10, 2025

  The Hanging Stone – Pembrokeshire, Wales

  ‘The Hanging Stone’ – Neolithic Cromlech in Burton, Pembrokeshire – Wales In 1872, British antiquarian Edward Barnwell visited this site and provided illustrations which were drawn by James Tomb and his sister Miss Grace. The following is from the Archaeologia Cambrensis (Fourth Series No. X April 1872): “.. in the parish of Burton, near Haverfordwest,…