'ASTONISHING' finds dating back 2,000 years discovered on a Llangefni college site are being revealed to the public by a top archaeologist.

Dr Irene Garcia Rovira, of Archaeology Wales, is giving a series of presentations to explain the items found in an ancient cemetery discovered at Coleg Menai’s Pencraig Campus.

Irene's team of experts discovered dozens of 'Cist' style graves and skeletons in "astonishingly good preservation" dating back as far as 1,600 years or more.

Finds also included a 2nd century AD Roman Coin, and some decorative native bronze Celtic items.

She is giving the free talks, followed by question and answer sessions, at Llangefni Town Hall, tomorrow (Friday, July 26) every hour between 12 noon and 8pm.

The college campus has tripled in size, after a £20m investment by Anglesey County Council’s £11m new Link Road, supported by Welsh Government funding.

Scientific tests have shown that some of the skeletons, buried in the cemetery, are likely to have grown up perhaps a thousand miles or more away, both to the North and South.

The eight presentations are on a strictly first come first served basis. The town hall can accommodate up to 150 people at each session.

Contractors first came across part of the cemetery in 2016 when Anglesey County Council and the Welsh Government were building the first phase of the new £11.4m Llangefni Link Road, connecting the Campus to the A55. The initial dig revealed the remains of 54 people.

First indications were that the cemetery date was probably Early Medieval period, and the 2017 summer excavation revealed the remains of a further 32 people, suggesting the cemetery was used for a much longer period of time.

Grwp Llandrillo-Menai has worked with Archaeology Wales and Llangefni Town Council to deliver the community presentations to share the findings with interested residents.

Grwp Llandrillo-Menai CEO Dafydd Evans said: “This has been an exciting discovery suggesting some kind of settlement has existed at Llangefni for almost the last 2,000 years.

"Once the experts have completed their work, the college will be working in partnership with Anglesey County Council so that these discoveries can be seen by the public at the nearby Oriel Ynys Môn gallery and museum”.