The archaeological excavation beside Island House, from the air.

The 2020 excavations

Reports

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The archaeological, university and specialist reports behind Island House, published in full. Where a report is available as a document it opens as a PDF; the excavation finds reports are by the Dyfed Archaeological Trust, and the environmental and ground-investigation work by Aberystwyth and Lincoln Universities.

University & specialist reports

Peer-level research commissioned for the house and its setting.

Environmental Reconstruction at Island House, final report, first page.

Environmental Reconstruction at Island House

Brewer, Macklin & Irvine-Fynn, Aberystwyth & Lincoln Universities, 2023 (PDF)
 Ground investigation and core sampling report, first page.

Ground Investigation & Core Sampling

GPR survey with Aberystwyth & Lincoln Universities (PDF)
 Archaeology on the Island, measured plan, Blockley CAP747.

Archaeology on the Island: Plan

Blockley, CAP 747, 2022 (PDF)

The 2020 excavations: Dyfed Archaeological Trust

Finds and stratigraphy from the two trenches dug beside the house in 2020, by the Dyfed Archaeological Trust (now Heneb). These are the 2020 interim reports. Heneb’s analysis of the 2020 and 2025 excavations has since revised their interpretation, and the final report is being prepared. Read them as a record of the first season, not the current account.

Archaeology, trench summary, first page.

Archaeology: Trench Summary

Excavation summary, Trenches 1 & 2 (PDF)
 Ceramic Finds (2020), first page of the report.

Ceramic Finds (2020)

DAT report (PDF)
 Clay Pipe Finds (2020), first page of the report.

Clay Pipe Finds (2020)

DAT report (PDF)
 Ceramic Building Material, first page of the report.

Ceramic Building Material

DAT report (PDF)
 Trench 1, Table of Fabrics, first page of the report.

Trench 1: Table of Fabrics

DAT report (PDF)
 Trench 2, Table of Pottery, first page of the report.

Trench 2: Table of Pottery

DAT report (PDF)
 Trench 1, Phases 1–8, Island House, Laugharne.

Trench 1: Phases 1–8

DAT report
 The archaeological excavation beside Island House, from the air.

Trench 1: Reference Images

DAT report
 Trench 2, Reference Images, Island House, Laugharne.

Trench 2: Reference Images

DAT report
 DAT Interim Reports, Island House, Laugharne.

DAT Interim Reports

Dyfed Archaeological Trust

History & interpretation

The house’s chronology, its people and the Civil War, drawn together by the restoration team.

History of Island House, chronology, part 1, first page.

History of Island House: Chronology (1)

Building fabric & development (PDF)
 History of Island House, chronology, part 2, first page.

History of Island House: Chronology (2)

Building fabric & development (PDF)
 The Civil War, 1644, Island House history sheet, first page.

The Civil War, 1644

The siege of Laugharne (PDF)
 People and History of Island House, part 1, first page.

People & History (1)

The families of Island House (PDF)
 People and History of Island House, part 2, first page.

People & History (2)

The families of Island House (PDF)