Welcome to the Caer Alyn Blog page. We hope to add new thoughts and discussions from time to time. For the time being we are setting this new site up so please excuse any mistakes!
Research takes place in the form of:
- Archaeological Excavation
- Recording
- Historical Research
- Geophysical Survey
- Academic Collaborations
August 2025 update.
This last June our Caer Alyn group had a big shock when we found out that Alan Brown, our archaeological director, had his lower left leg amputated. Alan has been poorly since, at least, last Christmas. However, he is recovering well now and is hoping that he can visit Caer Alyn in a couple of…
Summer Dig 2024
The Caer Alyn summer dig for 2024 is now over. Although we had rather more rain than we had bargained for, on the whole the weather has been kind to us and we had a really enjoyable and productive three weeks out in the field. At the start of 2024, we started clearing back over…
Summer Dig 2023
Caer Alyn Summer Dig 17th – 28th July 2023 In 2006 a geophysical survey was carried out in the field just to the north of Bryn Alyn fort. This showed several interesting features, the largest being two low resistance features which curve across the promontory from east to west. We believe these features could be…
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