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A GUIDE TO ANCIENT AND HISTORIC WALES. CLWYD AND Powys. By Helen Burnham. Cadw, HMSO, London, 1995. Pp. x, 220, numerous illus., two maps. £ 11.95. This is the last in a series of four volumes covering the whole of Wales. It lists 150 accessible and well-preserved sites dating to all periods between the Palaeolithic and the sixteenth century. Geographically, the area concentrates on the Welsh borderlands, but the Vale of Clwyd up to the River Conwy and large areas of the central mountainous massif as far west as Machynlleth are also included. After a section on how to use the guide and a short introduction to the various regions, the book is divided into chapters according to period. Each has a brief introduction followed by the entries for the chosen sites. The format for each site includes type, possible date, grid reference, level of accessibility, directions and important bibliographical references, followed by a description and explanation of the remains, usually accompanied by an illustration. At the end is an appendix of other well-preserved but less accessible sites followed by a chronological table, glossary, further reading and two maps giving approximate locations of the sites. What immediately becomes apparent is the richness and variety of the surviving archaeological remains in this area, especially north-east and east Clwyd, and there are other concentrations around Montgomery and along the Usk in Brecknock. It is also interesting to note how much archaeo- logical excavation over the last thirty years has deepened and enhanced our knowledge and appreciation of many of the sites. Excavations at Pontnewydd cave (near St Asaph), where remains of Neanderthals have been discovered, is of international importance for the Palaeolithic. Megalithic tombs, however, are less well represented than in either Gwynedd or Dyfed. In contrast, the Bronze Age remains are more numerous, especially in the uplands, where clusters of ritual monuments, barrows, cairns and standing stones have been preserved. Many of these