ARFORDIR - COASTAL HERITAGE, DYFED

‘Arfordir’, or ‘Coastline’, is a project which has been set up to record, understand and monitor changes in the coastal heritage.
Arfordir is a Cadw grant aid and PCNPA funded project designed to identify, monitor and record archaeological and historical sites within the coastal zone that are under threat of erosion from tidal action, and other forms of damage resulting from the effects of visitors and livestock erosion or changes in use. The project aims to enable interested community groups and individuals to take an active role monitoring and recording threatened sites and identifying
new sites with minimal input from the professional sector.
Volunteers will work alongside professional archaeologists who act as ‘mentors’, providing training, advice and assistance. It is expected that local residents and regular users of the coast will already know of sites that are under threat from erosion, and with regular monitoring of the coastline numerous new sites will also be identified. The project also gives scope for some follow-up work to investigate threatened sites.
The project is being organised by Dyfed Archaeological Trust and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and receives funding from Cadw and the National Park Authority.
Gwynedd Archaeological Trust and Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust are also running parallel projects within their areas.