Scenes from across Wales including Gwynedd are being given a new lease of life, thanks to cutting-edge technology being used by archaeologists.

The work, taking place in Aberystwyth, has revealed “exciting and innovative ways of looking into our heritage”, and the results have gone on display at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in the exhibition, Our Digital Past.

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales is using the work to showcase new technologies in heritage and interpretation.

‘Our Digital Past’ collates striking images created during the course of the Royal Commission’s survey work, including 3D computer reconstructions such as Jonah Jones’ sculpture Y Bont, formerly at Coleg Harlech; gigapixel photography marking the tours of European travellers; laser scan surveys of sites in Gwynedd including Bardsey Island and Dinas Dinlle hill fort, to Cadw monument Tintern Abbey; LiDAR surveys of Welsh islands; and multi-beam sonar data surveys of Welsh wrecks dating from the First World War.

Secretary of the Royal Commission Christopher Catling said: “Digital technology has developed by leaps and bounds in the last five years and this exciting exhibition demonstrates the ways in which the Royal Commission is using innovative ways of recording and showcasing the heritage – underground, over ground and beneath the sea.”