VERY rare iron age pottery, stone slingshots, whetstones and hammerstones have all been found during an archaeological dig on a Pembrokeshire Peninsula.

DigVentures, workied as part of the CHERISH Project with volunteers from across Pembrokeshire on a recent dig at Caerfai Promontory Fort on the St Davids peninsula.

The Scheduled Monument is one of the St Davids peninsula's most identifiable prehistoric landmarks.

Because so little is known about its history and construction, the project spent two weeks excavating, characterising and dating aspects of the fort and its immediate environs.

"The monument and the isthmus which it is situated on is at risk from coastal and terrestrial erosion as well as adverse vegetation growth," said Digventures' Kimberley Teale.

During the dig, which attracted 145 volunteers, evidence of metal working, iron age pottery and stone finds such as slingshots, whetstones and hammerstones were all uncovered.

Archaeologists also found charcoal, a stone floor and some substantial stone walls and levelling deposits.

"We were close to the area of Iron Age industrial activity and occupation but didn't quite find it," said Kimberly. "That will be the aim for next year's dig."

All of the information from the dig will feed into an active approach to conservation management being undertaken by Cadw, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, the National Trust and the CHERISH Project (Welsh Partners: The Royal Commission and Aberystwyth University).

For more on the dig, see digventures.com/caerfai-promontory-fort/timeline/.