What does Caerfai look like today?
Caerfai (Penpleidiau) is one of a string of Iron Age forts that line the coast of Pembrokeshire, which are being greatly affected by coastal erosion. Built around 2,500 years ago, before the Roman conquest of Wales, Caerfai is the closest to St David’s, and one of the largest, marked by four lines of ramparts facing out towards the sea.
A large part of the fort’s interior has already been lost to coastal erosion, and it’s story has been at risk of being lost forever.
This 3D model made using drone photography shows how the site looks today:
But what did it look like when it was built – long before it started collapsing into the sea?
DigVentures is working with CHERISH Project to find out more through a series of rescue digs. The evidence collected will be used to understand who built the site, when, and what it was used, and to create a reconstruction of how the site would have originally looked – before more of its history is lost.