Curated by Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales and hosted by Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority at Oriel y Parc Gallery and Visitor Centre in St Davids, On Your Doorstep aims to inspire everyone to explore the nature, geology and archaeology that exists all around us, and enjoy the health and well-being benefits this can bring.
Recent discoveries in Pembrokeshire have come in all shapes and sizes. Some were discovered in the woods, some on the beach. Others were unearthed in back gardens or in farmers’ fields. There’s even a building site! Many of these discoveries were made by people just like you!
On Your Doorstep will be open from 10am-4pm every day from Friday 1 April 2022 until Spring 2023. Entry is free, thanks to the support of the Welsh Government.
WHAT’S IN THE ON YOUR DOORSTEP EXHIBITION?
SPECIES SUCH AS:
- the Ghost Slug
- exotic marine fish like the Almaco Jack
- the nocturnal Ash-black slug that hangs from branches in ancient woodlands like Tŷ Canol National Nature Reserve
- exotic shellfish that drift to our beaches on marine plastics
- fossils of trilobites that lived here between 500-250 million years ago.
ARCHAEOLOGY, INCLUDING:
- a Bronze Age rapier discovered by metal detectorist Colin Scale on Amroth beach
- a halberd dating to the Early Bronze Age found in Hundleton
- a Late Bronze Age gold Lock ring discovered in Newport
- a collection of Roman vessels used for preparing and drinking wine found in Manorbier
- an Eighth Century Christian cross from St Patrick’s Chapel, Whitesands
- a hoard of Civil War era gold and silver coins found at Tregwynt Mansion.
PEOPLE, LIKE:
- Ronald Lockley who set up the UK’s first Bird Observatory on Skokholm Island
- Harry Morrey Salmon who pioneered the use of flash photography to record nocturnal birds on Skomer Island.
