As some our readers may know there have been quite a few changes behind the scenes at Cosmeston Medieval Village over the past year: In Easter [2012] the Vale of Glamorgan Council will open the village to the public for free. As part of this it is believed the site will no longer have living … Continue reading
On Sunday 3rd July 2011 Cosmeston Archaeology took it’s first tentative steps on Twitter. A day later, buoyed by the discovery of our ram head aquamanile, we decided to challenge other tweeting excavations to a ‘Finds Off’ to see if they could match our stunning artefact. You can also read this on Storify. The aquamanile … Continue reading
All of us here at Cosmeston Archaeology would just like to take a moment to thank everyone who has read, liked and tweeted the team’s work over the last 6 months. We hope you have a very happy Christmas break and a fantastic start to 2012! Cosmeston at winter. Photo credit: Andy Cardiff, image provided … Continue reading
We have been quiet here at Cosmeston Archaeology of late. Despite radio silence, however, we have been working hard behind the scenes. Beyond post excavation work in the labs at Cardiff University the project has produced an article in this month’s Current Archaeology (an issue that also features the work of fellow Cardiff archaeologist Professor Alasdair … Continue reading
Today we bring you a guest post by Mark Rosoman. Mark is a Scope employee, responsible for exterior and interior maintenance, which includes taking the guys out to work in the community. Sully Scope are extraordinarily active, being involved with a community allotment scheme in Gibbonsdown and working in conjunction with Tidy Towns (litter picking in towns … Continue reading