Dr Kate Waddington

Senior Lecturer in Archaeology

k.waddington@bangor.ac.uk

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Overview

I joined the School in 2009 following the completion of my doctoral thesis at Cardiff University (Reassembling the Bronze Age: Exploring the southern British midden sites). My research focusses on the settlement and material culture practices of the later Bronze Age and Iron Age in Britain, and I have specific interests in the hillforts and settlements of north-west Wales and the midden sites and material culture practices of Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age southern Britain. I teach a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules on British later prehistory, experimental archaeology and archaeological practice.听

My current research project aims to bring the excavations at the Iron Age hillfort of Meillionydd (between 2010-2014) through to publication.

I am committed to delivering an outreach programme that makes this research more accessible to local communities in northwest Wales. Between 2021-2023, this was enabled through the LIVE Ecoamgueddfa Project on the Ll欧n Peninsula, and the work is now continuining through a newly funded programme, The Ll欧n Ecoamgueddfa Project (Oct 2023-Dec 2024), which aims to further develop and implement the work of the Ecomuseum by showcasing the spectacular cultural, heritage and natural assets that Pen Ll欧n has to offer. This project has brought in additional funding to carry out further post-excavation analyses at Meillionydd. The outreach programme includes the creation of permanent and pop-up exhibitions at different sites within the Ll欧n Ecoamgueddfa, as well as archaeological online resources, guided walks, evening talks, object workshops and primary schools workshops. For more information, please visit the project website:

To read more about the story of Meillionydd, please visit:

To explore the virtual tour of Tre'r Ceiri hillfort, which was created as part of the LIVE Ecoamgueddfa project, please visit: /live-llyn-eco-museum

Publications

BOOKS

In prep.听Meillionydd Eastern Area Excavations 2010-2014: a first millennium BC double ringwork enclosure in north-west Wales. With R. Karl.
2013.听The settlements of northwest Wales from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the early medieval period.听Cardiff: University of Wales Publications.
2010.听The Whitchurch excavations 2006-9. Cardiff University: Cardiff Studies in Archaeology (Specialist Report no. 29). With N. Sharples.

EDITED VOLUMES

2008.听Changing perspectives on the first millennium BC. Oxford: Oxbow Books. With O. Davis and N. Sharples.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

In prep. Creative Destruction at the end of the Bronze Age: an exploration of material culture practices at the southern British midden sites.听
2019. Histories of deposition: creating chronologies for the Late Bronze Age 鈥� Early Iron Age transition in southern Britain.听Archaeological Journal听176, 84-133. With A. Bayliss, R. Madgwick, and N. Sharples.
2014. The biography of a settlement: an analysis of Middle Iron Age deposits, houses and boundaries at The Howe, Orkney.听Archaeological Journal,听171, 61-96.
2007. The poetics of scale: miniature axes from Whitchurch.听Journal of Iberian Archaeology听9/10, 187-206.

CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES

Waddington, K.E. and Sharples, N. 2019. The stratigraphic sequence in Mound 2A. In N. Sharples (ed),听A Norse settlement in the Outer Hebrides. Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist, 26-28. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Sharples, N. and Waddington. K.E. 2019. The Early Norse activity on mound 2A. In N. Sharples (ed),听A Norse settlement in the Outer Hebrides. Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist, 97-136. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Sharples, N. and Waddington, K.E. 2019. The Middle Norse activity on Mound 2A. In N. Sharples (ed),听A Norse settlement in the Outer Hebrides. Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist, 275-302. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Sharples, N. and Waddington, K.E. 2019. The Late Norse activity on Mound 2A. In N. Sharples (ed),听A Norse settlement in the Outer Hebrides. Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist, 386-469. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Sharples, N., Davis, O. and Waddington, K.E. 2019. The final occupation of the settlement. In N. Sharples (ed),听A Norse settlement in the Outer Hebrides. Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist, 495-520. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
2012. Re-cycles of life in Bronze Age Britain. In R.L.C. Jones (ed.),听Manure matters. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
2010. The politics of the everyday: exploring 鈥榤idden鈥� space in Late Bronze Age Wiltshire. In M. Maltby and J. Morris (eds),听Integrating social environmental archaeologies: reconsidering deposition, 103-18. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports (International Series 2077).
2008. Topographies of accumulation at Late Bronze Age Potterne. In O.P. Davis, N.M. Sharples and K.E. Waddington (eds),听Changing perspectives on the first millennium BC, 161-84. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
2008. New perspectives in later prehistory. In O.P. Davis, N.M. Sharples and K.E. Waddington (eds),听Changing perspectives on the first millennium BC, 1-10. Oxford: Oxbow Books. With O. Davis and N. Sharples.

SUBJECT SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS: EXCAVATION REPORTS AND PUBLISHED NOTES IN PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINES

2024. Redating Meillionydd. 笔础厂罢听106, 6-10.
2019. Middens and the end of the Bronze Age.听British Archaeology听167, 28-33. With Alex Bayliss, Richard Madgwick and Niall Sharples.
2015肠.听Characterising the double ringwork enclosures of Gwynedd: Meillionydd Excavations, July and August 2013. Interim report.听91精品黑料吃瓜: Bangor Studies in Archaeology (Report no. 12). With R. Karl.
2015产.听Characterising the double ringwork enclosures of Gwynedd: Meillionydd Excavations, July 2012. Interim report.听91精品黑料吃瓜: Bangor Studies in Archaeology (Report no. 11). With R. Karl.
2015补.听Characterising the double ringwork enclosures of Gwynedd: Meillionydd Excavations, July 2011. Stratigraphic Report.听91精品黑料吃瓜: Bangor Studies in Archaeology (Report no. 10). With R. Karl.
2012. A first millennium BC double ringwork enclosure at Meillionydd.听PAST听71, 11-13. With R. Karl.
2012. Site notebook: the Meillionydd project.听Young Archaeologist听153, 14. With R. Karl.
2011.听Characterising the double ringwork enclosures of Gwynedd: Meillionydd Excavations, July 2011. Preliminary Report.听91精品黑料吃瓜: Bangor Studies in Archaeology (Report no. 6). With R. Karl.
2010.听Excavations at Meillionydd 2010: Characterising the double ringwork enclosures on the Ll欧n Peninsula. Bangor: 91精品黑料吃瓜 School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology (Bangor Studies in Archaeology, Report No. 2). With R. Karl.
2010.听The Meillionydd Project: Characterising the double ringwork enclosures in Gwynedd. Preliminary Excavation Report. 91精品黑料吃瓜: Bangor Studies in Archaeology (Report No. 4). With R. Karl.
2008. Geophysical fieldwork at Whitchurch, Warwickshire.听笔础厂罢听58, 12-13. With N. Sharples and T. Young.
2007. Pins, pixies and thick dark earth.听British Archaeology听94, 28-33. With N. Sharples.

Teaching and Supervision

I currently teach a range of modules which focus on the archaeology of prehistoric Britain, as well as archaeological principles, techniques and theory.

Courses taught

Part One (Year 1)

Introduction to British Prehistory
Introduction to Archaeological Principles and Techniques

Part Two (Years 2 and 3)

Experimental Archaeology
Later Prehistoric Communities
Field Archaeology in Britain
Undergraduate Dissertation

Postgraduate teaching

Initiating a Research Project
Post-graduate Portfolio
Dissertation supervision

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PhD supervision

I am willing to supervise PhD topics that have a focus on the later prehistoric period of Wales and southern Britain, specifically relating to settlement, material culture and depositional practices of the later Bronze Age and earlier Iron Age.

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

British Late Bronze Age and Iron Age

Publications

2019

Published
Waddington, K., Alex, B., Higham, T., Madgwick, R. & Sharples, N., 2019, In: Archaeological Journal. 176, 1, p. 84-133
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2016

Published
Karl, R., M枚ller, K. & Waddington, K., Feb 2016, Bangor: 91精品黑料吃瓜. 28 p. (Bangor Studies in Archaeology; vol. 13)
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
Published
Karl, R., M枚ller, K. & Waddington, K., Mar 2016, Bangor: 91精品黑料吃瓜. 56 p. (Bangor Studies in Archaeology; vol. 14)
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

2015

Published
Karl, R. & Waddington, K., 2015, Bangor: 91精品黑料吃瓜. 37 p. (Bangor Studies in Archaeology; vol. 10)
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
Published
Karl, R. & Waddington, K., 2015, Bangor: 91精品黑料吃瓜. 35 p. (Bangor Studies in Archaeology; vol. 11)
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
Published
Karl, R. & Waddington, K., 2015, Bangor: 91精品黑料吃瓜. 40 p. (Bangor Studies in Archaeology; vol. 12)
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

2014

Published
Waddington, K. E. & Waddington, K., 1 Jan 2014, In: Archaeological Journal. 171, p. 61-96
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2013

Published
Waddington, K. E., 15 Oct 2013, University of Wales Press.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

2012

Published
Waddington, K. E., Waddington, K. & Karl, R., 1 Jul 2012, In: PAST. 71, p. 11-13
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
Published
Waddington, K. E., Waddington, K., Karl, R. & Anreiter, P. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, Archaeological, Cultural and Linguistic Heritage: Festschrift Fur Elisabeth Jerem in Honour of Her 70th Birthday, Archaeolinga Band 25. Archaeolingua, p. 289-302
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
Published
Waddington, K. E., Waddington, K. & Jones, R. (Editor), 1 Apr 2012, Manure Matters: Historical: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives. 2012 ed. Ashgate, p. 41-59
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter

2011

Published
Waddington, K. E., Karl, R. & Waddington, K., 1 Jul 2011, 91精品黑料吃瓜.
Research output: Other contribution
Published
Waddington, K. E. & Sharples, N., 1 Jan 2011
Research output: Other contribution

2010

Published
Waddington, K. E., Waddington, K. & Karl, R., 1 Aug 2010, 91精品黑料吃瓜.
Research output: Other contribution
Published
Waddington, K. E., Waddington, K., Morris, J. (Editor) & Maltby, M. (Editor), 1 Jan 2010, Integrating Social and Environmental Archaeologies: Reconsidering Deposition. 2010 ed. British Archaeological Reports, p. 103-118
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter

2008

Published
Davis, O. P. (Editor), Sharples, N. M. (Editor) & Waddington, K. E. (Editor), 1 Jan 2008, 2008 ed. Oxbow Books.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
Published
Waddington, K. E., Waddington, K., Davis, O. P. (Editor), Sharples, N. M. (Editor) & Waddington, K. E. (Editor), 1 Jan 2008, Changing Perspectives on the First Millennium BC: Proceedings of the Iron Age Research Student Seminar 2006 (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology). 2008 ed. Oxbow Books, p. 161-184
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter

Activities

2024

Pop-up exhibition of 91精品黑料吃瓜's Meillionydd assemblages and other archaeological assemblages from Ynys Mon at the reconstructed roundhouses of Melin Llynon on Ynys Mon. The week included 5 schools (over 106 pupils in total) workshops and a family craft and workshop weekend (300 visitors). We collaborated with Guerilla Archaeology and Oriel Ynys Mon, as well as other archaeologists working in the area
23 Sep 2024 鈥� 29 Sep 2024
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Organiser)
Pop-up exhibition of 91精品黑料吃瓜's Meillionydd assemblages and Archaeology Festival Week at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw. Week included three bilingual primary schools workshops of 65 pupils plus 130 visitors to exhibition, evening talk and guided archaeological walk
9 Sep 2024 鈥� 13 Sep 2024
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
This new digital exhibition showcases the new virtual tours which have been produced for the Llyn Ecoamgueddfa project, showcasing some of the spectacular archaeological sites on the Llyn peninsula. The tours include Tre'r Ceiri hillfort, the Trefor Granite Quarry, and the Porth Ysgo Manganese Mines
24 Mar 2024
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
Contribution to the 'From Fleece to Loom' exhibition at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw - showcasing the history of textile production on the Llyn Peninsula. This contribution explored Iron Age textile production on the Llyn peninsula and beyond, using the Meillionydd assemblage
24 Jan 2024 鈥� 20 Mar 2024
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

2023

Pop-up exhibition of 91精品黑料吃瓜's Meillionydd assemblages and Gwynedd Archaeological Trust's Dinas Dinlle assemblages. Week included three bilingual primary schools workshops; one bilingual archaeology guided walk; one bilingual evening lecture
9 Dec 2023 鈥� 15 Dec 2023
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
This event at Porth y Swnt was funded by the Being Human Festival and the LIVE Ecoamgueddfa Project, and included a launch of a new permanent virtual tour of Tre'r Ceiri hillfort at the centre, alongside a pop-up exhibition of Meillionydd, Schools workshop, and bilingual evening talk
10 Feb 2023
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

2022

鈥楥apturing the Iron Age in Pen Ll欧n鈥� 鈥� a weekly series of 3D modelling
workshops held at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw in Llanbedrog. These workshops were funded via the LIVE Project and Being Human Festival 鈥� the UK鈥檚 national festival of the humanities. During the workshops, participants learned how to digitise
excavated objects from Meillionydd. A total of 47 participants took part over a period of 6 weeks including year 11 pupils from Ysgol Eifionydd in Porthmadog. All digitised objects have now been put on display in an online digital exhibition of Meillionydd, which makes the collection more accessible.
23 Sep 2022 鈥� 11 Nov 2022
Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
Pop-up exhibition of 91精品黑料吃瓜's Meillionydd assemblages and Archaeology Festival Week at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw. Week included three bilingual primary schools workshops
12 Sep 2022 鈥� 16 Sep 2022
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Presenter)

2021

Pop-up exhibition of 91精品黑料吃瓜's Meillionydd assemblages and archaeology workshops at the Llyn Maritime Museum in Nefyn. The week included bilingual archaeology guided walks; online evening lectures; and practical workshops
23 Oct 2021 鈥� 30 Oct 2021
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

2015

We discuss the research methodology relating to a recent project undertaken at 91精品黑料吃瓜 which investigated the settlements of northwest Wales from the Late Bronze Age through to the Early Medieval period. The research for this project required the curation, manipulation and enhancement of a substantial amount of archaeological data from a variety of sources, including published and unpublished excavation and survey reports, the Historic Environment Record at Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, and previous project databases such as George Smith's (GAT) Cadw-funded databases on the roundhouse settlements and hillforts of northwest Wales.
Collaboration with Gwynedd Archaeological Trust on this project enabled the structure of the database to be designed so that it was compatible with the HER. This enabled information from the HER database to be easily transferred to the database duting data collection, but also enabled enhanced data to be transferred back to the HER following completion of the project. We will discuss the impact generated from this specific research methodology and any lessens learned in the process.
17 Apr 2015
Links:
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2013

8 Jul 2013 鈥� 2 Aug 2013
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Director)
1 Jan 2013
Activity: Types of Award - Fellowship awarded competitively (Contributor)

2012

2 Jul 2012 鈥� 27 Jul 2012
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Director)

2011

4 Jul 2011 鈥� 29 Jul 2011
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Director)

2010

27 Jun 2010 鈥� 17 Jul 2010
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Director)

Projects

01/02/2022 鈥� 19/08/2023 (Finished)

Description

Research grant: Society of Antiquaries 拢4990; Prehistoric Society 拢957. This project was the James Dyer prize recipient, Prehistoric Society
Layman's description

post-excavation funding to carry out analyses of material assemblages to enable publication of monograph
01/05/2013 鈥� 31/07/2014 (Finished)

Description

This excavation project aims to investigate the chronology, form, character and occupation of the hilltop enclosure of Meillionydd, near Rhiw, on the Ll欧n peninsula in northwest Wales.
Meillionydd is a double ringwork enclosure 鈥� this is a type of hilltop enclosure that is found mostly on the Ll欧n peninsula. These settlements are found on low hilltops and they consist of two circular banks of earth and stone with a handful of internal roundhouses inside. The enclosures are likely to have been the permanent homes of several family groups, and they were places where larger communal gatherings took place.
Our excavation seasons, carried out in July in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 as well as in June and July in 2014 and 2015, have demonstrated that Meillionydd was occupied for a relatively long period of time and that we have evidence for early wooden roundhouses and a ditched enclosure, and later stone roundhouses and concentric enclosure banks. Radiocarbon dating suggests that Meillionydd dates at least from between c. 800 鈥� 200 cal. BC 鈥� from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the middle of the Middle Iron Age.
Links:
01/06/2012 鈥� 31/01/2013 (Finished)

Description

This excavation project aims to investigate the chronology, form, character and occupation of the hilltop enclosure of Meillionydd, near Rhiw, on the Ll欧n peninsula in northwest Wales.
Meillionydd is a double ringwork enclosure 鈥� this is a type of hilltop enclosure that is found mostly on the Ll欧n peninsula. These settlements are found on low hilltops and they consist of two circular banks of earth and stone with a handful of internal roundhouses inside. The enclosures are likely to have been the permanent homes of several family groups, and they were places where larger communal gatherings took place.
Our excavation seasons, carried out in July in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 as well as in June and July in 2014 and 2015, have demonstrated that Meillionydd was occupied for a relatively long period of time and that we have evidence for early wooden roundhouses and a ditched enclosure, and later stone roundhouses and concentric enclosure banks. Radiocarbon dating suggests that Meillionydd dates at least from between c. 800 鈥� 200 cal. BC 鈥� from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the middle of the Middle Iron Age.
Links:
01/07/2011 鈥� 30/04/2013 (Finished)

Description

This excavation project aims to investigate the chronology, form, character and occupation of the hilltop enclosure of Meillionydd, near Rhiw, on the Ll欧n peninsula in northwest Wales.
Meillionydd is a double ringwork enclosure 鈥� this is a type of hilltop enclosure that is found mostly on the Ll欧n peninsula. These settlements are found on low hilltops and they consist of two circular banks of earth and stone with a handful of internal roundhouses inside. The enclosures are likely to have been the permanent homes of several family groups, and they were places where larger communal gatherings took place.
Our excavation seasons, carried out in July in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 as well as in June and July in 2014 and 2015, have demonstrated that Meillionydd was occupied for a relatively long period of time and that we have evidence for early wooden roundhouses and a ditched enclosure, and later stone roundhouses and concentric enclosure banks. Radiocarbon dating suggests that Meillionydd dates at least from between c. 800 鈥� 200 cal. BC 鈥� from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the middle of the Middle Iron Age.
Links:
01/04/2011 鈥� 31/07/2011 (Finished)

Description

This excavation project aims to investigate the chronology, form, character and occupation of the hilltop enclosure of Meillionydd, near Rhiw, on the Ll欧n peninsula in northwest Wales.
Meillionydd is a double ringwork enclosure 鈥� this is a type of hilltop enclosure that is found mostly on the Ll欧n peninsula. These settlements are found on low hilltops and they consist of two circular banks of earth and stone with a handful of internal roundhouses inside. The enclosures are likely to have been the permanent homes of several family groups, and they were places where larger communal gatherings took place.
Our excavation seasons, carried out in July in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 as well as in June and July in 2014 and 2015, have demonstrated that Meillionydd was occupied for a relatively long period of time and that we have evidence for early wooden roundhouses and a ditched enclosure, and later stone roundhouses and concentric enclosure banks. Radiocarbon dating suggests that Meillionydd dates at least from between c. 800 鈥� 200 cal. BC 鈥� from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the middle of the Middle Iron Age.
Links:
01/07/2010 鈥� 01/08/2012 (Finished)

Description

This excavation project aims to investigate the chronology, form, character and occupation of the hilltop enclosure of Meillionydd, near Rhiw, on the Ll欧n peninsula in northwest Wales.
Meillionydd is a double ringwork enclosure 鈥� this is a type of hilltop enclosure that is found mostly on the Ll欧n peninsula. These settlements are found on low hilltops and they consist of two circular banks of earth and stone with a handful of internal roundhouses inside. The enclosures are likely to have been the permanent homes of several family groups, and they were places where larger communal gatherings took place.
Our excavation seasons, carried out in July in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 as well as in June and July in 2014 and 2015, have demonstrated that Meillionydd was occupied for a relatively long period of time and that we have evidence for early wooden roundhouses and a ditched enclosure, and later stone roundhouses and concentric enclosure banks. Radiocarbon dating suggests that Meillionydd dates at least from between c. 800 鈥� 200 cal. BC 鈥� from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the middle of the Middle Iron Age.
Links:
01/06/2010 鈥� 01/08/2012 (Finished)

Other Grants and Projects

Ll欧n Ecoamgueddfa Project, October 2023 - December 2024

I working on a current funded project, The Ll欧n Ecoamgueddfa Project (Oct 2023-Dec 2024), which aims to further develop and implement the work of the Ecomuseum on the Ll欧n Peninsula, by showcasing the spectacular cultural, heritage and natural assets that Pen Ll欧n has to offer. This funding has brought in additional support to carry out further post-excavation analyses at the Iron Age hillfort of Meillionydd, which is being brought forward to publication. The outreach programme includes the creation of permanent and pop-up exhibitions at different sites within the Ll欧n Ecoamgueddfa, as well as guided walks, evening talks, object workshops and primary schools workshops. For more information, please visit the project website: https://www.ecoamgueddfa.org

Assembly sites of the British Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age transition

I am currently in the initial stages of writing a large AHRC grant which seeks support for a multi-disciplinary and collaborative project that will carry out much needed analysis of the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age midden sites of southern England. This project will complete and substantially take forward my recent work on the midden sites (including published work and my unpublished PhD), and it will continue and expand the chronological work that has recently been published for one of the case study sites in Wiltshire (East Chisenbury; see below). The proposed work will bring previously isolated and unquantified data-sets together, and will expand the range of scientific and analytical techniques applied, helping to illuminate some of the processes of change, communication and expression in this period.听

The Meillionydd Project and understanding the chronologies of hillforts in north-west Wales

With Professor Raimund Karl.

For more information and to download interim reports, please see:

This research concerns the investigation of a hilltop enclosure at Meillionydd in Rhiw, Gwynedd. The site forms one of ten 鈥榙ouble ringwork鈥� enclosures on the Ll欧n peninsula. Despite representing a distinct regional tradition, the development of these enclosures is not well understood. The results of our first five seasons of excavations (2010鈥�2014), which examined the eastern side of the site and the entrance-way, is currently undergoing post-excavation and it is being written up into a monograph. The excavation results and GPR survey have revealed a long and complex sequence of occupation, beginning with a timber settlement of roundhouses and a palisade enclosure, and culminating with a double ringwork of stone and earth banks with internal stone roundhouses. Current radiocarbon dates span c. 750 鈥� 100 cal. BC. An ORADS NERC grant of 拢7200 for 21 radiocarbon dates from the eastern area excavations was awarded in 2017. Recent research grants awarded by the Society of Antiquaries and the Prehistoric Society in 2022 have facilitated the specialist analyses of the object assemblages and the Bayesian analysis of the 23 existing radiocarbon dates fron the Eastern Area excavations (seasons 2010-2014). The results are transforming current understandings of the nature of the hillfort record in northwest Wales and how it ties in more generally with the monument sequence in the rest of Britain. The research is being disseminated regularly through a range of community focussed outreach events which are organised and supported by the LIVE Ecomuseum project ().听

Histories of deposition: creating chronologies for the Late Bronze Age 鈥� Earliest Iron Age transition in southern Britain

With Professor Niall Sharples and Dr Richard Madgwick (Cardiff University), and Dr Alex Bayliss (English Heritage). Published.

This radiocarbon dating project aimed to provide a refined chronology for the Late Bronze Age 鈥� Early Iron Age midden deposits at East Chisenbury, Wiltshire. Bayesian analysis of the radiobcarbon dates not only produced much finer grained chronologies for the sequences of material accumulationin (laid down during the earlier Iron Age radiocarbon plateau), but it has also enabled a reassessment of the validity of current interpretations surrounding the chronology of post Deverel-Rimbury decorated wares. This has implications for understanding of the nature of this transitional period in Wessex.

The Whitchurch Project

With Professor Niall Sharples (Cardiff University)

Whitchurch is a large later prehistoric midden and occupation complex located in the Feldon area of Warwickshire. An initial campaign of excavation and field survey has been undertaken using a variety of funding sources. The aims were to define the extent and characterise the nature of the site 鈥� this was achieved via geophysical surveys (with Tim Young, ), metal detector surveys (with Archie Gillespie) and the excavation of eight trial trenches (with Cardiff University undergraduate students). The geophysical surveys defined a Late Bronze Age midden, 300m by 175m in extent, and confirmed the presence of several ditched enclosures, linear earthworks and post-built roundhouses. The excavations between 2006 and 2009 confirmed the nature and size of the varying midden accumulations (between 0.10m 鈥� 0.75m thick) and assessed their relationship with a series of enclosures and linear boundaries, many of which proved to be later Iron Age in date. The project has been initially written up into a book, entitled, The Whitchurch Excavations 2006鈥�9: an interim report (published 2010), but further post-excavation analysis of the large material culture assemblage is still required.

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