Experience the Iron Age
Your ancient adventure awaits!
Come and visit our Iron Age village where you will meet friendly members of our tribe (10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm) who will tell you all about life in the Iron Age. You will have the opportunity to have a go with a slingshot (weather permitting), watch a demonstration of an ancient craft or skill and be painted with beautiful blue patterns. A guided tour of the village is also included in your admission fee at 11.30am and 2.30pm.
Please note the Villagers will be having lunch between 1pm-2pm.
Experience the Iron Age Quiet Morning
Every Sunday, 10am-12pm
Experience the Iron Age with no loud or noisy activities or demonstrations. Normal admission applies.
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Storytelling with Hedydd Hughes
Wednesday 22 and 29 July, and 5, 12, 19, and 26 August. 11.30am-2.30pm
Step back in time and listen to the legends that shape the land.
Local storyteller Hedydd Hughes will be sharing Welsh tales, stories from Pembrokeshire past, and myths from further afield. Sessions will take place beside a crackling fire inside our Iron Age round house.
Suitable for all ages.
Site entry cost applies. No booking required.
Access: step-free, uneven surfaces.
Language: English-led with some Welsh
Crafts with Kate Evans
Thursday 23 and 30 July, and 6, 13, 20, and 27 August. 11.30am-2.30pm
Get crafty this summer with artist Kate Evans.
Take part in a craft session inspired by nature, the landscape and the past.
This is your chance to take home a woodland creature created with clay and natural materials
Sessions will take place in the Village, additional fee applies.
Access: step-free, uneven surfaces.
Language: English-led with some Welsh
Discover Archaeology
Saturday 25 July, 10am-5pm
Discover what it takes to be an archaeologist! Find out how sites are found, excavated, and protected. Handle replica items and archaeological material from our collection and meet the archaeologists who look after Pembrokeshire’s past and find out more about what they do.
For those wanting to get hands-on there will be a children’s excavation experience to take part in.
Normal admission applies, additional charge for some activities.
Access: step-free, uneven surfaces.
Language: English-led with some Welsh
Lughnasadh – Daytime celebration
Saturday 1 August 11am – 4.30pm
The start of the harvest has come, and the villagers are celebrating. Take part by trying some hands-on activities or listening to ancient tales. In the afternoon, at 2.30pm there will be the opportunity to join in with the games and celebrations.
£11 Adult, £9 Child, £35.50 Family (2+2 or 1+3). All activities included in entry price. Booking Recommended.
Summer VAT Relief applied at checkout on eligible items
Access: step-free, uneven surfaces.
Language: English-led with some Welsh
Beware your Dreams with Meic Llewellyn
Thursday 20 August, 1pm
Join us on Thursday 20 August when local author Meic Llewellyn, will be reading extracts from his new book Beware Your Dreams.
Beware Your Dreams is a contemporary story, linking the visible world and the unseen, rooted in myth and the reality of life on a small farm in West Wales. Join Gwinnie, his heroine, as she seeks to understand why she can suddenly fly, where her uncle disappears to at night, and where she really belongs. Learn with her how to deliver lambs, how to talk to panthers, where Welsh fairies sleep, and when to turn yourself into a mouse. Share her coming-of-age journey – underground, overground and in deep water – before joining her in a struggle against dark and dangerous, all-too-human, adversaries. Music from Mari Mathias will enhance the performance.
Suitable for all ages.
Site entry cost applies. No booking required.
Access: step-free, uneven surfaces.
Language: English-led with some Welsh
SPECIAL EVENTS
Calan Awst – Evening Performance
Wednesday 5 August 7pm
As the harvest begins, we join together to celebrate. There will be live music from MWSOG, creating a magical spellbinding atmosphere, before a spectacular fire performance and the ignition of our wicker man. Recommended ages 4+, please bring a rug or chair and clothing suitable for an outside performance.
Prices £22 Adult, £20 Child, £70 Family (2+2 or 1+3). Booking Essential.
Summer VAT Relief applied at checkout on eligible items
Access: step-free, uneven surfaces.
Language: bilingual Welsh/English
Foraging Walk
Sunday 23 August, 5.30pm
Discover the secret world of plants, those edible, medicinal or even dangerous, in an after-hours foraging walk at Castell Henllys.
Come and join our resident forager, Ben, for a magical, guided walk through thirty acres of woodland. Explore the secret world of plants that otherwise pass by us unseen; some will be edible, some will be poisonous and some will be altogether more curious.
All with an interest are welcome: experts are invited to share their knowledge with fellow enthusiasts, and total beginners are encouraged to take their first steps into a new world.
£ 10 per person
Language: English-led with some Welsh
Access: step-free, uneven surfaces
