Stone #Fishweir #goredi (goredau/gored) are found along the length of the coastline of #Wales. Found along the coastline of #Wales, in a range of shapes and forms of #fishweirs, past research has established some chronological types.
#Coastalhistory #4oceans
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Wishing all of our friends in #Wales a Happy #StDavidsDay / Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus. @DyfedArch @IrelandWales @RC_Survey @RCAHMWales @RC_Archive @RC_EnwauLleoedd #heritageresources #heritage #History #culture #maritime #underwaterworld #underwaterlife #culturalheritage #fishtraps

#Goredi comes in a range of shapes and materials, such as stone, wood, and sometimes a mix. With examples known at #Aberarth and #MorfaMawr, and #Borth. Some of these weirs were still in use up until the early years of the 20th century.
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#Aberarth Fish Trap goredi Complex #Wales.
A prime example of the challenges that finding an intertidal archaeological site like #fishweirs can present. Barely visible in some images, on the ground unless seen from an angle of the wall alignments. 1/5 #coastalhistory

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Source #Coflein is the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) coflein.gov.uk/en/site/1298....
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There is a written reference to fish traps dating to the 12th century of gored (fish traps) of Llanddewi Aberarth were offered to the monastery of Strata Florida. The traps were believed to be active as late as the 1930s.
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Images of stone #fishtraps or #fishweirs, known as #Goredi, from the village of #Aberarth in #Wales. Aberarth is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, within the community of Dyffryn Arth, located on the southern end of Cardigan Bay. Within a mile of the village, there are four stone fish weirs. 1/4

Welsh #fishweirs known by the terms ‘Gored’, ‘Gorad’ (singular), Goredau’ and ‘Goredi’ (plural) in native Welsh were historically used to describe these historical maritime monuments under are common on its coastline. 1/4
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Wishing all of our friends in #wales a Happy #StDavidsDay / Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus. @DyfedArch @IrelandWales @RC_Survey @RCAHMWales @RC_Archive @RC_EnwauLleoedd #heritageresources #heritage #History #culture #maritime #underwaterworld #underwaterlife #culturalheritage #fishtraps