Llyn Cerrig Bach

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Llyn Cerrig Bach is an iron age find site discovered in the i94o's. it's located right next to valley raf base. there's parking by the find-site, and additional parking at the spotters' car park and rspb valley wetlands car park nearby.

ioo metres

valley raf base

llyn cerrig bach find site

anglesey airport

spotters' car park

rspb valley wetlands

llyn penrhyn

to Y Fali / Valley

to A5 & A55 via Llanfi hangel yn

Nhowyn

Minffordd Rd.

WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN G.SWOGGERResearch, storylines, editing Marion BlockleyPRODUCED BY Blockley DesignPUBLISHED BY CADW 2Oi5Welsh language version Alun Gruffydd Bla-translation

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Cadw: Plas Carew, Unit 5/7 Cefn Coed, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff CFi5 7QQ

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But MrJones can't

identify it either. He makes a sketch of the chain

and sends a letter describing the chain to the National

Museum of Wales in Cardiff, to the Director- the famous

archaeologist Sir Cyril Fox.

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The chain dates from the Iron Age*, so is more than 2OOO years old.

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….could change our ideas about what Llyn Cerrig Bach was like more than two thousand years ago.

New surveys, for example…..

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These objects will be displayed at St Fagans: National History Museum in the future.

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when archaeologists make discoveries like the objects from llyn cerrig bach, they need to make accurate drawings of each find. use the lines of the blue grid to draw an exact copy of the crescent-shaped decoration from llyn cerrig bach in the red grid.

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oriel Ynys Môn on the B5iii, Rhosmeirch, Llangefni, LL77 7TQ

Oi248 724444 iO.3Oam – 5pm.

Check out the Cadw website for more comics like this www.cadw.gov.wales

AND WHY NOT CHECK OUT SOME OF THE OTHER FANTASTIC PLACES ON THE BACK COVER MAP? FIND OUT EVEN MORE ABOUT ANGLESEY'S RICH PREHISTORIC PAST: EXPLORE THE HOLYHEAD MOUNTAIN HUT GROUP, CAER LEB AND DIN LLIGWY HUT GROUP TO SEE WHERE IRON AGE FAMILIES LIVED, OR DROP IN ON LLYNNON MILL TO LOOK AROUND A LIFE-SIZE IRON AGE ROUNDHOUSE!

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