Welsh Journals

tion of a sunken road for access to the northern side of the Barland Quarries, north of Bishopston (National Grid Reference 576896). The metalwork includes a bronze brooch of Colling- wood's debased "trumpet" type (Riii) and a Celtic "latch-lifter" of iron. Examination of the find-spot by the writer suggested that the deposit which yielded these finds lay in the uppermost filling of a medium-sized ditch, the main filling of which appeared to be barren, although there were flecks of charcoal at the bottom. This ditch had been intersected by the cutting at a sharp angle and there appeared to be a second, shallower ditch running parallel with it to the east. It is possible that these ditches are of Early Iron Age date and are connected with a hill-slope en- closure of the type represented by a number of well-known examples at the western end of Gower. Developments at the quarry may provide an opportunity in due course for further examination of this possibility. H. N. SAVORY II. MEDIEVAL PERIOD EXCAVATIONS and fieldwork have been carried out in east Glamorgan by two local groups, the Cardiff Archaeo- logical Society and the Barry and Vale Archaeological Group. The following notes are based on accounts generously provided by Mr. Howard Thomas (Barry and Vale) and Mr. T. F. R. Jones (Cardiff). At "Old Village," Barry (ST/1027 6722) members of the Barry and Vale Archaeological Group have recently excavated a medieval house measuring externally 50 ft. by 21 ft. 6 in. The walls, of local Lias rubble bedded with clay, were 2 ft. 2 in. to 3 ft. wide. The interior was subdivided into three rooms: a large central room, 24 ft. by 16 ft. 6 in. containing a hearth; and a small room at each end. The building was entered by two doors 3 ft. wide in the north and south walls opening on the central room. Water was obtained from a well outside the north-west corner. The absence of roofing tiles suggests that