Discovering Pendinas Hillfort, Penparcau, Aberystwyth (eBook)

This is a bilingual book

This book celebrates with numerous illustrations the work of the Pendinas Hillfort Community Archaeology Project (2022–24) created to discover more about this spectacular Iron Age hillfort that dominates the heights above Penparcau, Aberystwyth. The project’s many activities included excavations, talks, guided walks, working with local schools and community groups, extensive gorse clearance, as well as two Pendinas Archaeology Festivals and a school mural!

The Pendinas Hillfort Community Archaeology Project was a two-year partnership project (2022–24) between the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Heneb: the Trust for Welsh Archaeology funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund with additional support from Cadw.

Contents

• Foreword by Ben Lake MP 3
• Penparcau in Prehistory: Discovering Pendinas! 5
• Pendinas: Ancient Capital of Mid-Wales 8
• Before Pendinas Hillfort 11
• Celtic Ceredigion 13
• Digging Pendinas 20
• A Volunteer Army 40
• After the Hillfort 44
• Mapping Pendinas 45
• The Wellington Monument 48
• Making Space For Nature 51
• The Next Generation: Working with Ysgol Llwyn yr Eos 54
• Find Out More! 57
• Timeline 60

• Author: Toby Driver & Ken Murphy
                         Beca Davies, Jon Dollery, Luke Jenkins, Chloe Griffiths & Nicola Roberts
• Date of publication: 27 July 2024
• Pages: 60
• Illustrations: 60
• ISBN: 978-1-871184-68-6