A Celtic Spring
Llygadwy
21 January 2001
VR gallery

If you don't already have it installed on your computer, you will need a simple free QuickTime download from www.apple.com/quicktime to run these VRs. The minimum version required is 3, although 5 is better. Once installed, clicking on any of the links below should start the VR after a short downloading delay. Each VR provides a 360-degree panoramic view of different aspects of the excavation, enabling you to zoom in or out and explore the site from different angles.

Panoramic VR 1: The Celtic spring Excavating the spring at Llygadwy. Whether or not it was used by the Celts, the artefacts retrieved from it were almost certainly all placed there some time after the beginning of the 19th century.

Panoramic VR 2: The Neolithic tomb The 'Neolithic chambered tomb' at Llygadwy. Although prehistoric finds were discovered on the site, the 'tomb' is not authentic. The depth at which the stones were set in the ground is too shallow, making them unstable and incapable of surviving upright for such a long period. And conclusive dating evidence – a piece of pottery and clay pipe at most 20 years old – was uncovered in one of the stone holes.

Panoramic VR 3: A new use for the tomb Once the 'Neolithic tomb' has been declared the fake, no one objects to its being used for some modern stonemasonry.

Panoramic VR 4: The chapel The derelict stone structure where apparently early Christian carvings were found on the stones, prompting speculation that it may have been a chapel. In fact, the structure was probably used to house farm animals and the carvings are the work of bored agricultural labourers.

Panoramic VR 5: The Norman tower The 'Norman tower' is in fact a Victorian folly. Distinctively Victorian mortar was used in making it; its architectural structure doesn't work as a functional building; and coal, iron slag and pottery fragments found underneath its foundation layer all date it firmly to this period. Historical maps for the area suggest that it was erected some time between 1844 and 1886.

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