national museum wales – Castell Coch

Castell Coch Then and Now – Part 1

March 30, 2022 by Jack Davies

This image of Castell Coch is from Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. The photograph is mounted on card along with shots of a T.V.R. Converted Bristol Class locomotive and Barmouth Bridge under Cader Idris. The photographs aren’t dated unfortunately. After some quick research of Barmouth Bridge though, it turns out the drawbridge in the …

Copper halberd with five rivet-holes and central mid-rib

The Castell Coch Hoard

November 2, 2020October 14, 2020 by Jack Davies

During the Festival of Archaeology, all issues of British Archaeology Magazine are free to view. I did some digging and unearthed an interesting find. In the village of Tongwynlais, just 150 metres north west of Castell Coch and 20cm below the forest floor, a cache of copper weapons lay buried for 4,000 years. This article was originally published …