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0:00:23 > 0:00:25- Darn Bach O Hanes is back.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31- In the series, I'll be looking - at many interesting stories...
0:00:31 > 0:00:37- ..from our near and distant past, - from different angles.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42- The van's got an MOT. - It's ready to take me around Wales.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- My first journey - takes me to Anglesey...
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- ..on the trail of a story - that spans 2,000 years.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55- In the twelfth century...
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- ..Gerald Of Wales called the island - Mon, Mother Of Wales.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- Its soil was so fertile, - it could feed all of Wales.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- I don't know about that...
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- ..but calling it Mon, - Mother Of Welsh History...
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- ..might be more apt.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- Anglesey teems with history...
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- ..stretching back - thousands of years.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23- It's dotted with historical sites - of great significance...
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- ..not only to Wales, but to Europe.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40- There are over 120 pre-Christian - ancient monuments on the island.
0:01:40 > 0:01:46- Neolithic burial chambers like Bryn - Celli Ddu, Barclodiad Y Gawres...
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- ..and many imposing standing stones.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- This is a dramatic duo.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- The Penrhos Feilw standing stones.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02- Standing stones are common - in coastal areas of Western Europe.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07- But pairs like this - are much more common in Scotland...
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- ..and in the Preseli Mountains - in Pembrokeshire.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15- Every pair varies - in height and distance apart.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- These are eleven feet high - and eleven feet apart.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- That doesn't help to tell us - what their purpose was, of course.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32- Are they part of a now-vanished - avenue or ritual circle?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Or did their formation - note a stellar event...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- ..at a certain time of year?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- Was it a gateway - to the other world?
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- Or did the two shadows - fall in a certain place...
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- ..when the sun was low, - at the winter solstice?
0:02:52 > 0:02:57- Or are they simply a frame - for a marvellous view of Snowdonia?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- Our Celtic ancestors in Britain, - Ireland and Gaul erected the stones.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- Perhaps their knowledge - was developed into a philosophy...
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- ..by the intellectual class...
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- ..the poets, judges, - doctors, seers and priests...
0:03:17 > 0:03:18- ..known as druids.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- In an age when it was believed - that the spiritual world...
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- ..caused storms, - eclipses and disasters...
0:03:28 > 0:03:33- ..people who communed with and could - calm these threats were powerful.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- No wonder druids - had more authority than kings.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- There was no lack of druids - on Anglesey 2,000 years ago.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- Back then, it was the focal point - for Britain's druids.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02- Little written evidence has survived - about the druids' beliefs.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- But we know that water - was very important to them.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11- Wells and lakes were thought to be - gateways to the spiritual world.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19- I'm near Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, - not far from Holyhead...
0:04:19 > 0:04:24- ..two places that didn't exist - 2,000 years ago.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- But to a Celt looking out - over this marshy fenland...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- ..the view would have been similar.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37- The exciting fact about this site - is that we know...
0:04:37 > 0:04:43- ..that our Celtic ancestors - squelched about here, like me.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- This area, and one lake - in particular, Llyn Cerrig Bach...
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- ..was an important sacred site.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- How do we know?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Seventy years ago...
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- ..some of the most significant - archaeological treasures...
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- ..ever found in Wales - were discovered here.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Perhaps they were offerings - from the druids to the gods.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- They were bronze or iron artefacts.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- Some were finely-decorated, - while others had a practical use.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- In about 60AD, Anglesey's druids - had to defend themselves...
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- ..when the Romans - reached the island's shores.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36- The druids' status, authority and - influence over Brythonic tribes...
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- ..were a significant threat - to the Romans.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- We have reason to believe - that making offerings to the gods...
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- ..in lakes and bogs like this, - increased in times of crisis.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Part of the Llyn Cerrig Bach - collection was thrown there...
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- ..in the middle - of the first century.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- Were the druids of Llyn Cerrig Bach - asking for divine intervention...
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- ..to prevent the Roman advance?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- But the story - of finding the treasures...
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- ..is as exciting - as the treasures themselves.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- It was war - that brought about their discovery.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- In 1941, there was only - a small airfield in Rhosneigr.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- Churchill asked for the airstrip - to be extended.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47- But the sandy soil caused problems, - especially in the strong winds.
0:06:48 > 0:06:54- William Owen Roberts was greenkeeper - at Rhosneigr Golf Club nearby.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- The Ministry Of War saw...
0:06:57 > 0:07:03- ..that he was the ideal person - to solve their problem.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04- Hi, Dewi.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05- Can I have a lift?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Can I have a lift?- - Yes. You can drive.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08- Right.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14- William Owen Roberts's daughter, - Evelyn, still lives locally.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- Where better to meet her - than on the golf course...
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- ..where her father - spent so much time?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- How did your father - solve the problem?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- He decided to dredge - the peaty mud...
0:07:28 > 0:07:33- ..from the bed of Llyn Cerrig Bach - to stabilize the site...
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- ..with its sandy soil, - before laying down the tarmac.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Did it have to be done suddenly?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Did it have to be done suddenly?- - Yes, it was wartime.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42- Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- The ground became a quagmire - where the lorry turned around.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- One day, the lorry got stuck.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56- My father remembered seeing - an old chain lying around.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- He decided to try using that.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- They attached the chain - to the tractor and lorry.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- And it pulled the lorry out.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- At the end of the day, he thought...
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- "..This is an unusual chain, - and very strong.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- "It's special.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- "I'll take it to show to Mr Jones, - the MOD engineer."
0:08:20 > 0:08:25- He said, "Mr Roberts, - this is very unusual.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- "I'll make a small sketch of it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- "We'll send it - to the museum in Cardiff."
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- That's what happened.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40- Within a week, the chief - from Cardiff came to Valley.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- He told my father...
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- .."You've found a 2,000-year-old - chain from the Iron Age."
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- Amazing. It dragged lorries - out of the mud, without breaking.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- After that, my father went to work - every day with a sack on his bike.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- He sometimes came home - with more things he had found.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- I watched him - put them on the kitchen table.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- He wrapped them in newspaper...
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- ..put them in a wooden box - and posted them to Cardiff.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- It's amazing to think - you had 2,000-year-old objects...
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- ..on your kitchen table - when you were a child.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- I'm now standing here - with a 20th century object.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33- Maybe you should move aside. - I've never played golf before!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Try! Off you go.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- LAUGHTER
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Later, we hear about dodgy - 1950s conservation techniques.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- We make metal in the old way.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54- And we see the treasures - in all their glory.
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0:10:04 > 0:10:09- To mark 70 years since finding - Llyn Cerrig Bach's treasures...
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- ..the National Museum Of Wales - gave permission...
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- ..for the priceless objects - to leave Cardiff.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22- During 2012, a few of the treasures - returned to Anglesey.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- I'm looking forward enormously - to seeing them for the first time.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36- I also want to congratulate Oriel - Ynys Mon on getting them here.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- Our national treasures, - important parts of our heritage...
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- ..don't often leave Cardiff - or museums in other countries.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52- Hello, Pat, how are you?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53- Hello, Pat, how are you?- - Hi, how are you?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- Pat West is Anglesey's Principal - Officer For Museums And Culture.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- She was mainly responsible...
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- ..for ensuring that part - of the collection returned here.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- The response - has been amazing all round.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17- Many of Anglesey's residents - have visited the exhibition.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- People were glad to see them return.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21- People were glad to see them return.- - Yes.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- And have learnt - new things about them.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- It has also enriched - our long-standing partnership...
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- ..with the National Museum.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32- That's very good.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- That's very good.- - Yes. After you.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35- Wahey!
0:11:37 > 0:11:38- Here they are.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39- Here they are.- - Here they are.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- What do you think?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Amazing.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- We had to choose what to exhibit.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- The first thing people look at - is the chain.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- It's so striking.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- This is the famous chain - from Llyn Cerrig Bach.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- We know now that it's a gang chain.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- It has five sets of neck shackles...
0:12:04 > 0:12:09- ..connected - by figure of eight-shaped links.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14- Slavery was part of life - in the Iron Age.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Trading in slaves was common.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23- The chain by itself tells a story. - It's beautiful, yet cruel.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- It looks as if it's new.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Everyone says that.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- It was well-preserved in the peat.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- There was no oxygen, - which makes things rust quickly.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- The craftsmanship is amazing.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- It's hard to see how it was made. - There's no join or weld.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- No. The technique is amazing.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Talking of fine work...
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- ..this shield boss - is remarkably intricate.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- Yes. When you look closely, - you see the pattern.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- It's amazing to think - that this was on a shield.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- Although we don't know - its function...
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- ..the finest artefact - is the crescentic plaque.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- The chain is striking, - but there's something about this...
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- ..maybe because we don't know - what it is exactly.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- Yes. It's too small to be a collar. - We just don't know.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- The public offer their suggestions. - Everyone can contribute.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- People feel a sense of ownership - by offering suggestions...
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- ..rather than being told - what it is by experts.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- These are examples - of the blacksmith's important work.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- He was a man of very high status.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- Above them, - there's something truly marvellous.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- It's hard to say by looking at it, - but we know it's part of a horn.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04- Was it the long horn - that sounded when they went to war?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Yes. Four were found in Ireland.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- It wasn't like that - when it was found.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11- It has been restored, has it?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- It has been restored, has it?- - That wouldn't happen now.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- Conservation techniques - have changed.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- It was opened out, soldered - and heated to recreate the shape.
0:14:23 > 0:14:29- Of course, some of the original - is lost when it's reheated.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- After seeing these objects...
0:14:36 > 0:14:42- ..we clearly shouldn't underestimate - the skills of our ancestors.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- They weren't barbarians, - but artistic and cultured people.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Not far from Llyn Cerrig Bach...
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- ..Oriel Ynys Mon has built - replica Iron Age roundhouses.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- BELLOWS
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- I'm going to smelt my own copper.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10- Lloyd Jones, who works on the site, - will show me the old method.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11- What is this?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- What is this?- - A hole in the ground.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18- It's very hot. The temperature - rises to about 1,100 degrees.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- This malachite - comes from ore in the ground.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- Yes, from Parys Mountain - or the Great Orme in Llandudno.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27- The green colour in the rocks.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- The green colour in the rocks.- - Yes. Just put it on it.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- You'll see it change colour.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32- Shall I sprinkle a little on it?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Shall I sprinkle a little on it?- - Put it all, if you like.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36- Right.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38- What happens to it?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- What happens to it?- - The stone melts in the heat.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- The gases bond together.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- You get a lump of copper in that.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- How long does it take?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- How long does it take?- - Two or three hours.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51- And a tired arm.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- But you'll get a good-sized lump.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- BELLOWS
0:16:02 > 0:16:07- To pass the time, I met experimental - archaeologist Dave Chapman...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- ..to try out a 2,000-year-old spear.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Well, OK, it's a replica.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- We made these from bog iron. - We reconstructed them.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- It took us days to smelt the iron.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- It took even more days - to make the spears.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- We think these were javelins...
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- ..because of the small diameter - of the shaft...
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- ..where the spear goes onto it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- We think these were thrown - rather than used like bayonets.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- These could easily break, - so we think they were thrown.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Shall we have a go at throwing them?
0:16:41 > 0:16:42- Shall we have a go at throwing them?- - Please.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49- Right.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52- I stick this in.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Right, one, two, three.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01- Ra-ra!
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- I wouldn't like to be - on the receiving end of that.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- It's been two or three hours now. - Let's see what we've got.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13- Is that it?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- Is that it?- - Yes. Put it in the water, slowly.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Slowly!
0:17:18 > 0:17:19- It steams a lot.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- There's another one for you to try.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- You can see the colour in the water.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29- That's all it takes.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- That's all it takes.- - Simple.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- Yes. A few hours' work - and we get metal out of stones.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- You can see the copper.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- Mind you, this needs - a lot of processing work now.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- We put it in the fire again - and get rid of the rubbish on it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Then we get the shiny copper.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51- So there's a lot of work to do?
0:17:51 > 0:17:52- So there's a lot of work to do?- - Yes.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58- It's amazing how that's happened. - You've got metal, shining there.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59- Yes.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Because it's a soft metal...
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- ..copper was mainly used - to decorate iron.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Dave is going to work the copper - to recreate the motifs...
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- ..found on some - of the Llyn Cerrig Bach artefacts.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- He starts by putting copper - on a bed of wax to keep it in place.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- Then he heats the copper - so he can shape it.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- The motifs are pressed - into the copper from the back...
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- ..then tidied from the front.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- This technique is called repousse.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- The first archaeologist who studied - the Llyn Cerrig Bach artefacts...
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- ..compared the repousse work - with finds in other European sites.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- He was Sir Cyril Fox...
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- ..director of the National - Museum Of Wales in 1942.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Fox wrote a detailed - and fine report...
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- ..about the treasures - of Llyn Cerrig Bach.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- He raised important questions...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- ..while trying to interpret - why and when...
0:19:06 > 0:19:11- ..over 130 objects were thrown - into this small lake on Anglesey.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19- Ken Brassil is one of Cyril Fox's - archaeological descendants.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- He's an Education Officer - at the National Museum.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- He tries to interpret Fox's - theories in a contemporary light.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Sir Cyril's book.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Archaeologists still revere it.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Yes, we have great respect - for the work...
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- ..of the head of archaeology - in Wales during the 20th century.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- But things change.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50- Archaeologists and historians - have focused...
0:19:50 > 0:19:55- ..on the story of the objects - from Llyn Cerrig Bach.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- We've studied the metals, - the iron and bronze, in detail.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06- We've found the forge - and traces of the smith...
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- ..in the hills of Gwynedd.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- That throws new light - on objects like the slave chain.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- It was previously thought - to come from south-east England.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- Now, it can be said - to come from nearer to here.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- Maybe. It's always the same story.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30- As far as explaining it goes, - the past isn't perfect.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- We're never totally sure.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- It's a good, positive sign - that the story is changing.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- What always fires my imagination...
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- ..is wondering what was happening - when the objects were thrown here.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- The performance?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- Yes.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- We need to use the imagination.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- Look at us here today. - The weather is quite nice.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03- That rock isn't bare. - Was the rock bare at that time?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Was the water calm? Was it dark?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Were there artificial sounds, - like trumpets?
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- Was there a special carnyx here, - which is linked to the Iron Age?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19- It's interesting - to imagine the druids here...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- ..with priests officiating...
0:21:22 > 0:21:27- ..poets chanting - and seers speaking with the gods.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- Who else would have been watching?
0:21:32 > 0:21:38- Were there people in the chains - when they were thrown in?!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- They're interesting questions.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Let's look at the druids first.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44- Were all druids male?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45- Were all druids male?- - There were women too.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46- Are you sure?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Are you sure?- - Yes, there is evidence.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- Good. There are questions - we can never answer.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- We need imagination...
0:21:54 > 0:21:59- ..but we can use evidence - that is still around us.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- What do we do in the Eisteddfod? - Who is there? The intelligentsia?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- Everyone watches the people - who are dressed in a certain way.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- But we respect people - who are creative...
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- ..who have energy and inspiration.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- We must always apply imagination - to the evidence...
0:22:20 > 0:22:25- ..and blend it with wisdom, - as we've tried to do today.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- That's a marvellous insight.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- It's been a pleasure to listen - to you sharing it with me.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33- Thank you.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52- Llyn Cerrig Bach's artefacts - are described as treasures...
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- ..because they're a priceless part - of our heritage in Wales.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- That heritage goes back - much further than St David.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- To study that age, - when nothing was written...
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- ..artefacts like the ones - found in this lake are vital.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- They're a window on the beliefs, - customs and lives...
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- ..of our Celtic ancestors.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- But more than that, these artefacts - are important for the future too.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- They have forced archaeologists - to think outside of the box...
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- ..and consider things - that still exist today.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Not buried objects...
0:23:34 > 0:23:39- ...but things that still exist - in our culture, poetry and myths...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- ..and even in the landscape.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47- Those things are still there - for us to discover...
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- ..to touch again - and reconnect with them...
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- ..if only we open our minds - and tune in.
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