An Archaeological Appraisal of land adjacent to Laugharne Primary School, carried out in advance of development, assessed the site in regard to its location within the Historic Landscape of the Taf and Tywi Estuary, and its proximity to Laugharne Conservation Area and nearby registered sites. As a result, mitigation measures were recommended.
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Pre-development Client services, which included a field evaluation and a Desktop Study, helped to demonstrate that building remains associated with Leeswood Colliery survived on parts of the site. Subsequent targeted excavation revealed the presence of a high pressure, egg-end, boiler house and the remains of a tramway.
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A Building Survey was carried out prior to the renovation of Tudno Castle Hotel, a Grade II Listed Building located in the core of Llandudno. The building complex dates back to the 1870s and was formerly the location of two different hotels, the Tudno Castle and the Temperance Hotel. It was also known as The
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Archaeology Wales staff carried out an intrusive archaeological evaluation at Gogerddan Campus, University of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, ahead of planned development works. Two areas were investigated, one in the centre of the site and one near the extant Cae Lodge. The site had been subject to a previous Desk-based Assessment and Geophysical Survey, being located in
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A detailed, Level 3, buildings survey was carried out for Opus International of Tonyrefail Secondary School, a neo-Georgian inspired Grade II listed structure was built around two reflected squared blocks to help inform a programme of restoration and modernisation. during 1931-1933 under the of County Architect D Pugh Jones.
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An evaluation comprising the excavation within eleven machine-cut trenches was carried out at land adjacent to Oldfield Farm, Four Crosses, Llanymynech, during poor weather in December 2017. Positioned according to the results of an earlier geophysical survey of the site, the trenches revealed Romano-British activity, including a cremation burial, and a medieval trackway possibly associated
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A geophysical survey was carried out on the site of Pen Dinas hillfort, a Scheduled Ancient Monument south of Aberystwyth. The survey, which was as part of a community based research programme, identified an earlier Bronze Age round barrow and the remains of several possible Iron Age roundhouses.
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A Watching Brief was carried out during the construction of a retail unit at Mill Lane, Welshpool, to fulfil a planning condition. The largely negative results reflect the site’s heavy landscaping and previous use as The Smithfield Market.
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An archaeological evaluation was carried out at Ifton Manor Farm, Rogiet, on behalf of Liddell and Associates prior to development for residential housing. The work, which revealed Romano-British and medieval remains, helped to create a viable mitigation strategy.
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A geophysical survey of land on the site of the proposed Haverfordwest Welsh Medium School in Withybush, Haverfordwest, was carried for Pembrokeshire County Council by archaeologist from Archaeology Wales as a result of a recommendation by the authority’s archaeological advisers, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Heritage Management. The work followed a previous Desk-based Assessment of the site,
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