Llwyn-y-gog cropmark enclosures

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NPRN800322
Map ReferenceSN76NW
Grid ReferenceSN7288067630
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityYstrad Fflur
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodPrehistoric
Description

Royal Commission aerial reconnaissance on 9th July 2018, during the 2018 drought, revealed an enclosure and series of linear ditches to the east and south of Llwyn y gog farm. To the north-east of the farm is a D-shaped cropmark enclosure measuring c.70m across, adjoined to further linears. To the south of the farm are a series of two or three angular ditches, describing the southern end of a complex. It is difficult to assign a date to the enclosures; the D-shaped enclosure could be of prehistoric or medieval date. The angular ditches could be fragments of a Roman military site, now built over, but they may also be of medieval or post-medieval date. Geophysical survey would shed further light. Image refs: AP_2018_3316-33; 3376-78.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, Jan 2024.