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AERIAL footage has captured the progress being made on the new £46 million Dyfi Bridge project in Machynlleth.

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Wild rabbits have been busy conducting archaeological work on an island off the coast of Wales. According to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales that manages Skokholm Island (also called “Dream Island”), the rabbits dug up a 9,000-year-old tool from the Stone Age as well as a 3,750-year-old piece of pottery that is believed to have been part of a broken urn from the Bronze Age. While similar objects have previously been discovered on the United Kingdom’s mainland, this is the first time that they were found on Skokholm Island which would suggest that ancient humans did inhabit (o...

During the late 10th to early 11th century AD, Vikings settled on the island. The name Skokholm is Norse for “wooded island.” From the 14th to 16th centuries, it was used as a rabbit farm and many descendants of these rabbits still live on the island today. Paul Murphy’s article “ Medieval Rabbit Farming and Bannow Island ” details the importance of rabbits in medieval societies: “Rabbit fur, being soft, durable, and warm, was a desirable material for lining clothing, and their meat was elite eating, as well.” It was common for medieval societies to breed and raise rabbits on ...