Discovering Donoec: Findings from a decade of digging at Whitesands (video) St Patrick’s Chapel, Whitesands Bay , PembrokshireEarliest ExcavationsContinued damage...Dyfed Archaeological Trust Excavations from 2014 onwardsA car, surely not...!Excavations in 2021, looking at phase 1 of the siteThe charcoal-rich layerThe rectangular structureThe first burialsPlacing of an upright marker stoneAD 750 -800Burials in the Christian traditionAD 830-900, the first long-cist burialsThe cemetery enclosure and stone-built chapelAnalyses undertakenVideo of the 2015 excavationDiscovering Donoec: Findings from a decade of digging at Whitesands (video) Skip back to main navigation