DAT Interim Reports, Island House, Laugharne

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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.

Dyfed Archaeological Trust (DAT), interim reports, January 2021.

In 2020 the Dyfed Archaeological Trust (now Heneb) dug two trenches beside the house. In January 2021 they sent their first, interim, reports on what came out of the ground. All of them are here in full, each with a short plain-English note on what it means.

The Ceramic Finds: the 2020 excavations at Island House (the main interim report, 25 January 2021)
Island House Clay Pipe Report
Ceramic Building Material Report
Trench 1: total number of pottery sherds and weight
Trench 2: total number of pottery sherds and weight
Trench 1, Phases 1–8: the excavation plans
Trench 1 reference images
Trench 2 reference images

Heneb returned in 2025 and is now writing the final report on both seasons. Where it differs from these interim reports, the final report will take precedence. The newer findings are on The Quay.