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Site name Porth Dafarch
Site number 71
Unitary Authority Anglesey
Easting 223400
Northing 380100
References O'Neil 1940; Stanley 1868; 1875; 1878a [View Bibliography]
Other sources SMR PRN 2754
Year excavated 1939, 1875-6
Earliest approx. date for settlement 100
Latest approx. date for settlement 500
Site type nucleated / enclosed
Interpretation comments 2 miles southwest of Holyhead. Excavations by Stanley. One house partitioned. Romano-British huts over Bronze Age cists? 2 excavated? Large c. 3rd to 4th assemblage but earlier (La Tene tankard handle) and later (bead) finds.


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