Aberystwyth

Archaeology

The Group meets monthly, first Thursday, in the Arts Centre at 2.30pm.

A speaker will introduce a topic and take questions - sessions will usually end before 4pm.

Please contact Fred by clicking Archaeology Group contact for more details, if you'd be interested in joining us.

Recent topics

• February (2022): Fran Murphy, Excavation of Pendinas Download Murphy.pptx
• November: Michael Freeman, Archaeological Myths in Ceredigion
• December: Jon Dollery, Digital resources in Wales for archaeology. Download Dollery.pptx
• January (2023): Martin Davies, a new Roman Road in Ceredigion
• February: Prof. Martin Bates, Early Prehistoric Ceredigion Download Bates.ppt
• March: Roger Boyle, How Old Is It? Download 230302.odp
• April: Stephen Briggs, Did he fall or was he pushed? Some unanswered questions on Bog Bodies.
• May: Will Troughton, Standing Stones of Ceredigion Download StandingStones.pptx
• June:Ioan Lord, Worn by Tools and Time
• July: Stephen Briggs - field trip to Nant y Moch
• October: Martin Davies, Cae Gaer to Penllwyn: a hitherto unrecorded proposed Roman route; plus a branch with a lot of surviving road down to Devil's Bridge”
• November: Michael Freeman, A history of the summit of Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon - botanists, antiquarians and tourists
• January (2024): Simon Timberlake, Prehistoric-Medieval Mining and Smelting in Wales; the work of the Early Mines Research Group
• February: Toby Driver, Exploring the Hillforts of Iron Age Wales
• March: Roger Boyle, Kober, Ventris and the Decipherment of Linear B
• April: Denis Bates, Forests, salt marshes and estuarine channels: the Holocene story of Borth-Ynyslas