NORTH PEMBROKESHIRE, WALES—This summer, excavations at Nevern Castle uncovered evidence that the original earth and timber castle, which was built by Robert FitzMartin after the Anglo-Norman conquest of Pembrokeshire, was smaller in area than previously thought. It did, however, enclose enough space to protect the 18 houses mentioned in early twelfth-century documents. The castle was probably captured by the Welsh and held for several decades until later in the twelfth century, when it was recaptured by the Anglo-Normans and rebuilt in stone. Archaeologists found traces of a clay-floored cottage, pottery, and glass bottles dating to the eighteenth century, along with a fine bone nit comb.