Aberystwyth residents help archaeologists excavate Pen Dinas hillfort

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Archaeologists make a number of finds including an amber bead and stone wheel.

"The amber is quite a rare find and the person whoever lost these objects would have been quite annoyed."She said it was difficult to give a date for the objects but it may be possible in time: "I hope that by the end of this project we will be able to get radiocarbon dating, which should give us a much more precise date, but over 2,000 years old.

It said the site was developed over time and, at its height, was "a masterpiece of Iron Age architecture and engineering".He was one of many local labourers who went to help the five-year excavation led by Darryl Forde, chair of geography and anthropology at Aberystwyth University. "They were always, I presume, short of money in those days because it was 1934, and I suppose anything would be a benefit."

During the three-week dig about 60 local people helped the archaeologists, most of the volunteers coming from the nearby village of Penparcau.

 

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