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At Abergwyngregyn, the initiative provided funding for Snowdonia National Park Authority and community heritage group Tirwedd Dyffryn Aber Cyf to undertake a programme of investigation and interpretation at this royal centre and in the associated historic landscape of the Aber Valley. Major excavations have been led by the park archaeologist, John Roberts, at two locations in the valley. The first during the summer of 2009 was of a prehistoric roundhouse and a medieval corn-drying kiln. During late 2010 the focus of investigation moved to the area adjacent to Yr Mwd, the earthwork motte at the heart of the modern village of Abergwyngregyn. The foundations of a large aisled hall thought to date to the late thirteenth century have now been excavated. Both excavations were visited by local schools and included student participation and other public outreach events. It is hoped to facilitate public access to the motte and the site of the medieval hall excavations in the near future. Meanwhile, a new interpretation facility has been established in the village (Aber Tŷ Pwmp), appropriately titled ‘Life at the Royal Court’.
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