Trefeurig

There are traces of people living near Trefeurig since the New Stone Age. In 1986, archaeologists excavated a site on Gogerddan land in the triangular field between the A4159 and IBERS, and discovered burial and ceremony sites, used from the Neolithic to the Early Middle Ages. The earliest traces found were in a pit, and included burnt grain, indicating the presence of farming nearby. There were also standing stones, round barrows, post-holes, Iron Age cremation remains, Early Medieval graves, and cellular remains. We know that the standing stone, and other standing stones on the other side of the highway, were used by the Gogerddan family to mark the starting line of horse races which were…