Click for Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort home pageArchaeology at Castell Henllys
archaeological dig at Castell Henllys Archaeology is the study of humans in the past through the remains they leave behind.

Castell Henllys has hosted an annual student training dig since 1981.

Since then archaeologists have been carefully examining Castell Henllys layer by layer building up a picture of how people lived here over 2,000 years ago.

Archaeological Excavation
Reconstructed roundhouses The reconstructed roundhouses and other buildings are sited on the original foundations of prehistoric structures
excavated by Archaeologists under the direction of the University of York.
Foundations of prehistoric structures