CURIOUS archeology fans are being given the opportunity to discover the Llyn Peninsula’s ancient history.

People are being invited to visit an archaeological excavation of a settlement unique to north west Wales, near Rhiw this weekend.

Led by Prof Raimund Karl, Dr Kate Waddington, and Katharina Möller of Bangor University’s School of History and Archaeology, archaeologists, students and volunteers have been excavating ‘The Meillionydd Project’ since 2010 and examining its (approximate) 3,000-year-old history.

The open day forms part of the British Archaeology’s Festival of Archaeology.

As part of the open day weekend, visitors will be able to join one of the site tours (in English and Welsh) and see finds from current and previous seasons’ digs.

Meillionydd is described as a Late Bronze Age/Iron Age double ringwork enclosure.

Now running for the eighth season, the excavations reveal interesting information about the past.

Archaeologist Katharina Möller explained: “Radiocarbon dating has shown that people lived or worked on the site for around 500 years, from the 8th century BC to the third century BC.

“Over this period of time the settlement at Meillionydd first changed from an unenclosed site with timber roundhouses to one with timber enclosures.

“The wooden palisade was later replaced by two earth and stone banks.

“Roughly at the same time stone roundhouses replaced the previous timber houses. All in all, work on site revealed at least eight construction phases and various sub-phases.”

Aside from well preserved archaeological features like roundhouses, the team of archaeologists, students and volunteers from all over the world have unearthed finds such as decorated glass beads, a piece of a jet bracelet, and decorated spindle whorls.

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