Bryn Eryr
{{Short description|Building recreated at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, Wales}}
File:Bryn Eryr Farmstead, St Fagans National History Museum (geograph 5111620).jpg
Bryn Eryr is an archaeological site near Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales, where the remains of an Iron Age farmstead, consisting of three roundhouses, have been excavated.{{cite web|url=https://museum.wales/stfagans/buildings/bryneryr/|title=Bryn Eryr Iron Age Farmstead|access-date=11 September 2017}} Excavations took place in the period between 1985 and 1987, and were carried out by the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzmag.co.uk/uncategorized/bryn-eryr-st-fagans-feature/|title=BRYN ERYR – ST FAGANS|website=Buzz magazine|date=8 March 2017|access-date=11 September 2017}}
Two of the roundhouses have been reconstructed at the St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff.{{cite web|url=https://angleseyhistory.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/an-iron-age-tardis-bryn-eryr-roundhouses-at-st-fagans/|title=An Iron Age Tardis? Bryn Eryr roundhouses at St. Fagans|website=Anglesey History|date=20 September 2016|access-date=11 September 2017}} Reconstruction of the buildings began in 2015 and was carried out mainly by volunteers, including schoolchildren. It was part of a development financed by a £11.5 million grant from the UK's Heritage Lottery Fund.{{cite web|url=http://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/news/iron-age-farmstead-completed-st-fagans-national-history-museum-redevelopment-project/|title=2,000-year-old farmstead built as part of St Fagans National History Museum’s £25.5m redevelopment project|website=Museums Heritage|access-date=11 September 2017}} It was opened to the public in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/st-fagans-opens-iron-age-11669727|title=You can now step back in time to the Iron Age in St Fagans|author=Tom Houghton|website=WalesOnline|date=27 July 2016|access-date=11 September 2017}}
File:Bryn Eyre, Iron Age roundhouses, St Fagans National History Museum (geograph 5686842).jpg
See also
- Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles - the remains of a group of Iron Age huts near Trearddur on Holy Island, Anglesey
- Prehistoric Wales