The 2020 excavations

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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 excavated beside the house. These are the early 2020 interim reports of the Dyfed Archaeological Trust; the interpretation has since been revised, and the full post-excavation analysis by Heneb (the Trust for Welsh Archaeology) is being finalised — it will be added here once complete.

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)