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Barry Bronze Age site protection plea

An archaeology group has called for the site of a 3,500-year-old settlement in the Vale of Glamorgan to be protected.

The remains of a Bronze Age village at Bendrick were first uncovered near the Atlantic Trading Estate near Barry in the 1980s.

Archaeology Cymru says the site is rapidly deteriorating due to off-road biking and other activities by people who may be unaware of what is there.

The county council, which owns the land, said it would investigate.

Archaeology Cymru director Karl-James Langford said he first became aware of the significance of the site when working as a volunteer excavating the land 25 years ago.

He said the remains of a Bronze Age roundhouse were still visible today. ...

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