Excavations for the Llyn Fawr reservoir, Rhondda, uncovered embedded in peat early Hallstatt deposits that comprised two sheet-bronze cauldrons, six socketed bronze axes, socketed bronze sickles, and three objects made of iron (a sword, a spearhead, and a sickle), dating from 650 BC.
Clearing the ground for a runway extension at Llyn Cerrig Bach, Isle of Anglesey, uncovered a large hoard of over one hundred and fifty bronze and iron artefacts that included six spearheads, fragments of shield and a chariot together with its fittings and harnesses, two slave chains and iron bars for trading. The hoard has been dated as a collection deposited over a long period from about 300 BC to 100 AD.
Pen Dinas hillfort, Ceredigion, overlooks Cardigan Bay from a hilltop between the Rheidol and Ystwyth rivers just south of Aberystwyth. The hillfort consists of two separate forts built many years apart. The first fort was on the lower northern knoll and defended with an outer ditch and inner rampart of rubble. This was succeeded by a fortification built on the higher knoll to the south. Eventually, banks and ditches were built that enclosed both the earlier forts. Fragments of pottery were found dating to about 100 BC.
Tre’r Ceiri hillfort, Gwynedd, is located on the slopes of Yr Eifl on the north coast of the Llyn peninsula. Evidence suggests the settlement was first built around 200 BC. The settlement is surrounded by stone walls that are largely intact. Within the walls are ruins of about 150 stone houses.
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