Editorial. Iron Age Settlement in Wales

Abstract

In 2004, the four Welsh archaeological trusts began an assessment of the Iron Age hillforts, promontory forts and defended enclosures and enclosed farmsteads, grant-aided by Cadw, as part of a continuing programme of threat-related assessments. Following completion of the assessment in 2008, it was considered that the accumulated information was of sufficient importance to warrant further analysis, synthesis and publication. Originally it was planned to present the contributions as a printed volume. However, even with a subvention, the cover price of the volume would have deterred all but the most interested of reader, and thus Internet Archaeology was explored as a publication vehicle, as it offered both open access and an attractive style. A proposal was put to Internet Archaeology in September 2014 and was accepted later in that year.

Keywords

• archaeology
• Iron Age
• Wales
• settlement
• enclosure
• hillfort