PEMBROKESHIRE abounds in castles, left by the Normans, which together the towns that they founded shape our view of our county’s medieval past. But what do we know of Pembrokeshire before the Norman invasion?

On Friday, February 6, in a talk given to the Pembrokeshire Historical Society, landscape archaeologist Dr Rhiannon Comeau will look at life in Pembrokeshire in the so-called ‘Dark Ages’.

Using archaeological evidence, written records and place-names, Rhiannon’s talk will provide a tour of a land without towns and coins; where people lived in small hamlets, moved with their livestock between summer and winter pastures, and gathered at outdoor assembly sites to trade, pay tributes of foodstuffs and cattle to the Welsh Prince, and decide communal matters.

Rhiannon is the author of a number of publications about medieval Wales, including several on North Pembrokeshire where she grew up. She is co-editor of the current Research Framework for the Archaeology of Early Medieval Wales and a Trustee of the Cambrian Archaeological Association.

The talk will be held in the Pembrokeshire Archives building in Prendergast, Haverfordwest at 2.30pm. All are welcome.