ArchaeoDomus - Archaeological & Heritage Services

12/03/2024

04/01/2024

🌟 Abaty Tyndyrn / Tintern Abbey one of the most iconic historic sites in Wales, is set to be featured on BBC's Digging For Britain tonight!

⛏️Join us as we journey through time and uncover the secrets buried beneath the ancient walls of Tintern Abbey discovered by our partners ArchaeoDomus - Archaeological & Heritage Services and Black Mountains Archaeology.

🔎Archaeological investigations began on site in the summer to help inform the conservation works, which will address natural erosion and weathering.

🎥Don't miss the chance to witness the beauty and heritage of Tintern Abbey on screen; tune in to BBC Two tonight 8pm to catch the episode hosted by Alice Roberts!

Find out more:
🔗https://ow.ly/oKw050QnN3o
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04/10/2023

🏰 Abaty Tyndyrn / Tintern Abbey – Conservation Project – Part One 🏰

🎥Exciting news! We're thrilled to release the second part of our exclusive video series this Friday! Focusing on the incredible restoration work happening at Tintern Abbey with our partners ArchaeoDomus - Archaeological & Heritage Services and Black Mountains Archaeology✨

🔗 Watch the episode here: https://ow.ly/bokq50PlBQr

29/09/2023

11/09/2023

We're back on site with Black Mountains Archaeology at Tintern Abbey for Cadw to undertake the second phase of excavations as part of the ongoing conservation project of the monument. It's great to be back on site with the diverse team of archaeologists and specialists that we enjoyed being here with earlier this year, and grateful to many others that have helped this happen -
Keevill Heritage Ltd
David Robinson Historian & Author
Churchill Archaeology
Cardiff University School of History, Archaeology & Religion
Cardiff University
Diggit Archaeology
Sumo Survey Services
Tigergeo Limited
Farrier Hart Thomas
Mann Williams Engineers
Noel Fitzpatrick Plan Hire
Mabey Hire
Speedy Services

27/07/2023

Part one of our video series where we interview our Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Will Davies who talks about what we’re doing to repair the great Gothic C...

30/06/2023

Thrilled to share our latest discovery from Tintern Abbey, a tile of with the emblem of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans (b.1209-d.1272). He was the second son of ‘Bad King John’ (b.1166-d.1216). Henry III (b.1207-d.1272), Richard’s brother, gave him Cornwall in 1225 as a 16th birthday present, which made him one of the wealthiest men in Europe. In 1257, he was elected King of Germany, though only made four visits to Germany. The first piece of tile, the smaller of the two, was found in Trench 1 on the south external side of the presbytery during the first couple of weeks of excavations. This has the unmistakable tale feathers of Richard’s two-headed eagle and demonstrated that we had one of his tiles here at Tintern. The second, larger tile, was found two weeks ago in Trench 6 running north-south across the inside of the presbytery. These were the first tiles that we found that were identifiable to a single individual, so have caused much excitement amongst us all on site here. The tile belongs to the Wessex group of tiles, which are some of the earliest encaustic (inlaid) tiles that we have in the UK, and may have been manufactured by the kilns around Glastonbury.

Cadw Black Mountains Archaeology Abaty Tyndyrn / Tintern Abbey

16/06/2023

A Five Year Conservation Project Begins! We are absolutely thrilled to announce that together with our friends at Black Mountains Archaeology we are supporting Cadw with an ambitious five year conservation programme at Tintern Abbey. The Abbey Church, which has stood for over 750 years, is in need o...

20/04/2023

Black Mountains Archaeology Ltd will be investigating several exciting medieval sites in south Wales in the coming months and would like to hear from anyone interested in joining us? We are seeking…

11/08/2022

In 2020, ArchaeoDomus was approached by Pebble Engineering, on behalf of Dwr Cmyru, to produce a detailed survey of the Devil’s Gulch in the Elan Valley so that stabilisation plans could be engineered. In 2018, the path was closed as the rockfaces had seen several collapses and posed a significant risk to life. To tackle the survey, and to keep ourselves out of harms way, drones were used to photograph the cutting from all angles for the production of a high resolution 3D photogrammetric model, which was then passed on to the engineers.

The Devil’s Gulch was originally cut in the 1890s for the passage of Railway No. 4 for the construction of the Craig Goch dam. The railway was the last of a series built by the Elan Valley Railway to facilitate the construction of the dams, and remained in use until it was closed in 1916. The cutting earned its name, the Devil’s Gulch, after taking three months for the navvy’s to blast and cut their way through 80m of solid rock.

Thanks to Black Mountains Archaeology for helping out on site...and what a beautiful one it was too!

ArchaeoDomus was commissioned by Pebble Engineering, on behalf of Dwr Cymru, to undertake a 3D photogrammetric survey of the Devil's Gulch in the Elan Valley. The purpose of the work was to provide highly detailed elevational information of the cutting to enable a programme of stabilisation works to...