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Dr Timothy Young
FGS FSA
Teams and roles for Timothy Young
Overview
My research interests mainly lie in archaeometallurgy, particularly the production and working of iron across all periods, and in various aspects of the archaeology of South Wales. My main research project at present is the investigation of the early medieval monastery at Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, supported by the Dr D.G. Smith Memorial Fund through Cardiff University. This includes the Globe Field excavations, which run as a training excavation for the university. Outside the university, I run the GeoArch consultancy, offering services in archaeometallurgy and geophysical survey.
Publication
2018
- Jones, I., Williams, D., Williams, S., Carruthers, W., Madgwick, R. and Young, T. 2018. Early medieval enclosure at Glanfred, near Llandre, Ceredigion.. Archaeologia Cambrensis 167, pp. 221-243.
2017
- Guest, P. and Young, T. 2017. Recent work on the site of the legionary fortress at Caerleon. In: Hodgson, N., Bidwell, P. and Schachtmann, J. eds. Roman Frontier Studies 2009. Proceedings of the XXI International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (Limes Congress) held at Newcastle upon Tyne in August 2009.. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 85-96.
2016
- Gwilt, A., Lodwick, M., Deacon, J., Wells, N., Madgwick, R. and Young, T. 2016. Ephemeral Abundance at Llanmaes: Exploring the residues and resonances of an Earliest Iron Age midden and its associated archaeological context in the Vale of Glamorgan. In: Koch, J. and Cunliffe, B. eds. Celtic from the West 3. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 277-303.
- Davis, O., Sharples, N., Wyatt, D., Brook, D. and Young, T. 2016. Geophysical survey and community engagement at Caerau Ringwork, Cardiff. Archaeology in Wales 55, pp. 13-19.
2007
- Guest, P. and Young, T. 2007. Mapping Isca: geophysical investigation of Priory Field, Caerleon. Archaeologia Cambrensis 155, pp. 117-133.
Articles
- Jones, I., Williams, D., Williams, S., Carruthers, W., Madgwick, R. and Young, T. 2018. Early medieval enclosure at Glanfred, near Llandre, Ceredigion.. Archaeologia Cambrensis 167, pp. 221-243.
- Davis, O., Sharples, N., Wyatt, D., Brook, D. and Young, T. 2016. Geophysical survey and community engagement at Caerau Ringwork, Cardiff. Archaeology in Wales 55, pp. 13-19.
- Guest, P. and Young, T. 2007. Mapping Isca: geophysical investigation of Priory Field, Caerleon. Archaeologia Cambrensis 155, pp. 117-133.
Book sections
- Guest, P. and Young, T. 2017. Recent work on the site of the legionary fortress at Caerleon. In: Hodgson, N., Bidwell, P. and Schachtmann, J. eds. Roman Frontier Studies 2009. Proceedings of the XXI International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (Limes Congress) held at Newcastle upon Tyne in August 2009.. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 85-96.
- Gwilt, A., Lodwick, M., Deacon, J., Wells, N., Madgwick, R. and Young, T. 2016. Ephemeral Abundance at Llanmaes: Exploring the residues and resonances of an Earliest Iron Age midden and its associated archaeological context in the Vale of Glamorgan. In: Koch, J. and Cunliffe, B. eds. Celtic from the West 3. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 277-303.
Research
The early medieval monastery at Llantwit Major
My main research project at present is the investigation of the early medieval monastery at Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, supported by the Dr D.G. Smith Memorial Fund through Cardiff University. This includes the Globe Field excavations, which run as a training excavation for the university. For the very first time in Wales, aspects of a major early medieval monastery are being revealed.
Llantwit is the site of a monastery associated with Illtud, a famous teacher of the early sixth century. Unlike most of the shadowy figures of this period, we know a little about Illtud from what appears to be a very carefully researched ‘life’ of his pupil Samson (for whose historical existence we have independent evidence; he was a signatory to the 3rd Council of Paris in c. AD561). Through the 7th to 9th centuries the monastery retained and enhanced its reputation for learning. It gained the patronage of the kings of Glywysing, a small kingdom in SE Wales, with Llantwit at its heart. Some of the kings are commemorated by the wonderful inscribed stones that stood in the churchyard and are now preserved in the Galilee Chapel at the west end of Llantwit church. The status of the monastery declined in the 10th century and was a relatively lowly clas church by the time of the Norman conquest in the late 11th century, with the church and its lands being granted to Tewkesbury Abbey in about AD1100.
Biography
Career overview
2022- : Member, Centro de Geociências (CGEO), Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1997- : Owner GeoArch, Archaeological Consultancy (www.geoarch.co.uk)
1997- : Associate Tutor, Archaeology, Cardiff University
1993-2003: Part-time tutor, Department of Geography, Swansea University.
1994-1998: Part-time lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University.
1993: Research Associate: Developing computer-aided learning module on Stereographic Projection. (UWCC).
1988-1991: Research Assistant: NERC mapping contract, Geological Sheet 134, Pwllheli (UWCC).
1985-1987: NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, The sedimentology of an upper Ordovician ironstone in Europe, Sheffield University.
Education and qualifications
PhD awarded 1985 (The stratigraphy of the upper Ordovician of central Portugal), Sheffield University
MA Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Professional memberships
- Fellow of The Society of Antiquaries
- Fellow of The Geological Society
- Member of Historical Metallurgy Society (Chairman 2007-2011, 2014-2018; President 2021-2024)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Archaeological science
