The Caer Alyn Heritage Project Saturday 4 September : 11am – 3pm An Archaeological project with visitors being able to observe the work in progress and visit the Iron Age promontory fort. Guided tours. Archaeology - Heritage Visit the archaeological site on your own doorstep Meet the archaeologists Explore the Iron Age Caer Alyn Hillfort and Settlement Activities for the children - New 13 -25 Young Roots HLF project - Harvesting the Past Picnic Area and Refreshments available Find out more about your local heritage Directions : B5425 out of Wrexham towards Llay – right onto Pont y Capel Lane – follow signage to Alyn Lodge and free parking.

This year I am going to attempt to put into practice some of the tricks that we learnt on the Grundtvig Malta trip by using Google Blogger to keep a “live” online diary of the Summer 2010 dig. You can access it at any time by clicking on this link.

Join the Caer Alyn team in excavating a potential prehistoric enclosure at the southern entrance to the Bryn Alyn hillfort

The new joint project between the Caer Alyn Project and Holt Local History Society is officially launched this Saturday. The project will use advanced mapping software to open up new research, and reveal two landscapes previously lost to time. Anyone wishing to follow the project should download the ArcGIS Explorer software, to view the forthcoming maps.

Phil brings home the new recruits

Latest News from Caer Alyn CAER ALYN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT - Wrexham SUMMER DIG 2010 Book now for the 7th August – 21st August 2010 Join the Caer Alyn team in excavating a potential prehistoric enclosure at the southern entrance to the Bryn Alyn hillfort In 2008, Dr Meggen Gondek, University of Chester, completed a geophysical survey of the interior of the hillfort and an area just outside the southern entrance to the Bryn Hill fort, the results of which indicated that there are possible features in both areas.

On Friday 5th March a group from WASHE visited the project. Phil Cox, Project Archaeologist, gave a group of 40 young people and their parents a tour of the site and explained the work of the project. The group had an opportunity to get some hands experience of excavating and Phil explained to the group how archaeology can help to tell the history of a place.

On December 21st we had Christmas lunch in the round house. Pictures are attached.

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