Big Dig 11/08/21

Big Dig 11/08/21

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continued from Monday 2nd till Friday 20th August Hello again folks Please note that I’m writing this blog…

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Big Dig 10/08/21

Big Dig 10/08/21

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continued from Monday 2nd till Friday 20th August Hello again folks Please note that I’m writing this blog…

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Big Dig 09/08/21

Big Dig 09/08/21

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continued from Monday 2nd till Friday 20th August Hello again folks I’m excited to get started on the…

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Big Dig 06/08/2021

Big Dig 06/08/2021

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continued from Monday 2nd till Friday 20th August Hello again folks I’m excited to get started on the…

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Big Dig 05/08/2021

Big Dig 05/08/2021

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continued from Monday 2nd till Friday 20th August Hello again folks I’m excited to get started on the…

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Big Dig - 04/08/2021

Big Dig – 04/08/2021

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continued from Monday 2nd till Friday 20th August Hello again folks I’m excited to get started on the…

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The Big Dig - 03/08/2021

The Big Dig – 03/08/2021

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continued from Monday 2nd till Friday 20th August Hello again folks I’m excited to get started on the…

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The Big Dig - 02/08/2021

The Big Dig – 02/08/2021

TWMBARLWM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 2021 The Big Dig continues from Monday 2nd August Hello again folks I’m excited to get started on the Dig after so…

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The Big Dig - 20/06/21 - Geophys

The Big Dig – 20/06/21 – Geophys

GEOPHYS SURVEY – Phase 2 Undertaken by Chris Matthews of Archaeological Surveys West on behalf of CPAT 18th – 20th June 2021 The date for…

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Archaeology Update

Archaeology Update

NO NEWS – 07/05/2021 The rumour-mill on social media has already started – we are only just emerging from the pandemic lockdowns and people are…

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Geophys Survey First Images

Geophys Survey First Images

As you all know we started the Geophys Survey of Twmbarlwm in atrocious weather conditions last autumn and after a week of stumbling around the…

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Archaeologist's First Impressions

Archaeologist’s First Impressions

Richard Hankinson MCIfA was the lead archaeologist representing CPAT and apart from walking the site and helping with the Geophys Survey was unable to progress…

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Bibliography

Twmbarlwm – a Bibliography by Will Davies (field officer for Cadw) (Click to view page full width) I promised the Society that I would attempt…

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The Big Dig - Core Sampling

The Big Dig – Core Sampling

ARCHAEOLOGY – Started but Postponed Hopefully you read the last Blog entry telling you that the archaeological dig has been postponed until the spring –…

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The Big Dig - Day 04

The Big Dig – Day 04

Thursday 10th October 2019 The geo-phys team and CPAT team had an early start and by the time us volunteers got up the mountain they…

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The Big Dig - Day 03

The Big Dig – Day 03

Wednesday 9th October 2019 Again the geo-phys team of Chris and Matt of Archaeological Surveys West were waiting for us in the car park when…

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The Big Dig - Day 02

The Big Dig – Day 02

Tuesday 8th October 2019 The first real day of work on site. The geo-phys team of Chris and Matt of Archaeological Surveys West were waiting…

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The Big Dig - Day One

The Big Dig – Day One

Monday October 7th 2019 This was the first day of the archaeological investigation on Twmbarlwm – the idea was to show the lead archaeologist, Richard…

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Archaeology Gets Go Ahead

Archaeology Gets Go Ahead

GREAT NEWS After many months of planning, negotiations and form filling the Society has had the final go ahead for an in-depth archaeological investigation of…

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Litter Pick and Glass Collection

Litter Pick and Glass Collection

Litter Pick and Glass Collection Yesterday, 28th April 2019, was our usual monthly litter-pick/volunteer day – surprisingly the area around the car park was relatively…

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