EV-0068 — South Wales Echo: warehouse fire destroys Glamorgan/Gwent Trust finds (1983)

EV ID	EV-0068
Title	South Wales Echo: warehouse fire destroys Glamorgan/Gwent Trust finds (1983)
Date of document	18 March 1983
Type	press
Evidence label	PRESS REPORT
Repository / reference	South Wales Echo, 18 March 1983; British Newspaper Archive (per Findmypast); WordPress Media Library item 1199; Email attachment 3290.jpg (family, 24 September 2026).
Status	HELD — open the scan (image)
Provenance	Held by family as email attachment 3290.jpg (24 Sept 2026); Embedded scan in WordPress Media Library (item 1199) per correction; Transcript on Press Archive (N06).
Wiki catalogue page	GHF-E090-N06
Claims that rely on this	GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text), Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts, Press Articles Index — every newspaper cutting and press extract, one page each, Welsh Office / Wales Office — Forensic Assessment

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Quotation: All the materials from the excavations at Cae Castell, Rumney, Cardiff, have been destroyed and so have those from the Roman building at The Knap, Barry, from the Roman Villa site at Llandough and from Barry Village.

Proves: South Wales Echo (18 March 1983) reports a fire at the Trust’s Swansea warehouse destroyed excavation finds, including Llandough Roman villa material; About 90% unrecoverable.

Does not prove: Does not mention Great House Farm or show any Great House Farm record was in the warehouse; Trust reported most excavation records were salvaged.