A Corridor Through Time: the archaeology of the A55 Anglesey Road Scheme

This volume describes the results of a series of archaeological excavations undertaken in advance of the construction of a new dual carriage way, some 32 km long, across Anglesey. Five main sites and a series of prehistoric burnt mounds are discussed. The route encountered remains of Neolithic pit groups and a possible Late Neolithic ring-ditch; Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement features and a Bronze Age cremation cemetery; Romano-British settlements and a farmstead; an early medieval inhumation cemetery, medieval agricultural features and a corn-drying kiln.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: background to the excavations, objectives and methodology
2 Cefn du, gaerwen: a neolithic pit cluster and iron age / Romano-British farmstead
3 Cefn cwmwd, rhostrehwfa. pit circle, early bronze age cremation cemetery, Iron age / Romano-British farmstead and early medieval occupation
4 Melin y plas, bryngwran. iron age / Romano-British farmstead
5 Penymynydd, caergeiliog: neolithic and early bronze age activity and occupation
6 Ty mawr, holyhead. neolithic activity, ring ditch and early medieval cemetery
7 The burnt mounds
8 Craft and culture
9 Plants and people
10 Discussion: neolithic and early bronze age
Map / Aerial photo sources
Bibliography