Welsh Journals

GELLYGAER EXCAVATIONS. COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMITTEE FROM THE Archaeo- LOGICAL SECTION. (Published by order of the Committee.) To THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE CARDIFF NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. GENTLEMEN, At a Meeting of the Archaeological Section, held on the 3rd April, 1903, it was felt that, with the issue of the report on The Gellygaer Excavations," the work of the Section was completed, and, by Resolution, we, the undersigned, were appointed to report to you thereon. At the conclusion of such an important work, it would be well to' review briefly the chief incidents in connection there- with. In the autumn of 1899 your Society voted £ "25 to be ex- pended in experimental research, with a view to ascertaining, if possible, whether the camp would justify the larger expense of thorough investigation. Mr. C. H. James took charge of this preliminary exploration, the result of which was that it was ascertained beyond doubt that here were the remains of a Roman Fort, the walls of which were hardly more than one spade in depth below the visible grassy surface. Your Society, through the Archaeological Section, thereupon undertook the full exploration of the Fort, voting funds from its own re- sources, and soliciting outside help. This work was carried on systematically through the summers of 1900-1901, and Mr. Ward's report, recently published, marks the last step in