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A selection of stylistic comparisons now possible with the new corpus and typology, drawing out similarities in design and manufacture (left) and shared elements which occur across non-similar spoon types (right; T. Driver). Published as Figure 21 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

Winter aerial view (AP_2019_1001) of Castell Nadolig from the south-west, 3 December 2019, showing the concentric arrangement of the inner and outer curvilinear enclosures, the outward swing of the field boundary on the east (far) side denoting the annexe, and the line of the main road along the southern side of the hillfort which has slighted both the hillfort and the earthworks of the main south-east gateway—positioned just to the right of the white cottage (centre-right, at the roadside). Published as Figure 1 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

Map of hillforts and defended enclosures in Ceredigion, showing earthwork survival and cropmarks, compiled using data from the Dyfed Archaeological Trust’s Historic Environment Record and the National Monuments Record of Wales, by Toby Driver. Published as Figure 2 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

A pair of slabs currently standing in a modern roadside field gate on the southern side of Castell Nadolig accord well with seventeenthcentury descriptions of stones which originally flanked the east-facing gateways of the hillfort. Published as Figure 8 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

SUMO geophysical (magnetometry) survey of Castell Nadolig. The plan shows the main fort, centre, with the annexe, gateway and barrow details on the east side. Additional survey areas to the west of the fort, and in fields on the far east side, failed to yield significant addtional information. Published as Figure 10 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

Immediate environs of Castell Nadolig showing topographical features and archaeological sites mentioned in the text, by Toby Driver. Published as Figure 3 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

Findspots of Iron Age spoons from Britain, Ireland and northern France. (T. Driver, after Fitzpatrick 2007, fig 16.1, with additions). Published as Figure 14 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

Castell Nadolig. Comparison of geophysical survey and interpretative plan of eastern barrow group

The Penbryn spoons, with the inlays of the perforations on the cross incised spoon labelled. Published as Figure 16 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

Castell Nadolig seen from the west, January 2020, illustrating how the relatively un-monumental hillfort merges with the topography of the rounded hillock when seen at distance. The outer and inner ramparts of the hillfort can be seen as the farthest two hedgebanks below the horizon line. Published as Figure 4 in Archaeologia Cambrensis 127 (2023), 87–136: Castell Nadolig hillfort and the Penbryn spoons: a new investigation

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