Public Archaeology in Fragments: My Public Archaeology Twitter Conference Talk about Project Eliseg

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This is the abstract, tweets and slides from my PATC paper. I also posted it on the Project Eliseg website Enjoy!

Abstract

This presentation explores the challenges of Project Eliseg’s (2010–present) public archaeology. Investigating what transpired to be a multi-phased Early Bronze Age kerbed cairn surmounted by a 9th-century round-shafted cross with a long Latin inscription, Project Eliseg explored the complex biography of the Pillar of Eliseg (Denbighshire, Wales) from prehistory to the present. The cairn and cross were incorporated into the Cistercian monastic landscape during the 13^th-16^th centuries, and the sculpted cross was pulled down/fell down and fragmented in the 17th century. In the late 18^th century, the mound was dug into and a skeleton found before the cross fragments were ‘restored’ and re-inscribed by local squire Trevor Lloyd. Subsequently, the Pillar became a romantic ruin and an enduring landmark down to the present day…

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