Cwm Treweunydd Sheep Fold

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NPRN415155
Map ReferenceSH55SE
Grid ReferenceSH5794054450
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityBetws Garmon
Type Of SiteSHEEP FOLD
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The sheep fold is denoted on the Ordnance Survey County Series 1st edition 1889 map (Caernarvonshire XXI 8 sheet). It comprises of 3 roughly circular cells, within a larger enclosure. The fold is situated by a trackway, on the lower, western slopes of Snowdon, close to the Afon Treweunydd, just below the Glanarfon Quarry (NPRN: 305780).

Photographed during aerial reconnaissance by RCAHMW on 16th June 2010.
L. Osborne, 28th Oct. 2011.