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<strong>Mynydd</strong> <strong>Llangynidr</strong> Upland Survey UIP081 Produced for RCAHMW Table of Contents 1 Introduction.......................................................................................................... 1 Location.............................................................................................................................1 Parties involved...................................................................................................................1 Basic methodology & rationale..............................................................................................1 Constraints & variations .......................................................................................................1 2 Methodology ......................................................................................................... 2 Desktop assessment............................................................................................................2 Cartographic and documentary resource................................................................................2 Assessment and compilation.................................................................................................3 HER data............................................................................................................................3 Field survey........................................................................................................................4 Dates & personnel...............................................................................................................4 Equipment..........................................................................................................................4 Technique ..........................................................................................................................4 Records..............................................................................................................................4 Archive considerations .........................................................................................................5 Data collation & analysis ......................................................................................................5 GIS formation .....................................................................................................................5 Limiting factors ...................................................................................................................5 3 Context ................................................................................................................. 7 Physical landscape...............................................................................................................7 Landscape form ..................................................................................................................7 Soils and vegetation ............................................................................................................7 Hydrology...........................................................................................................................7 4 Field Survey .......................................................................................................... 8 Introduction .......................................................................................................................8 Use of GIS..........................................................................................................................8 Recorded archaeology .........................................................................................................9 Known monuments..............................................................................................................9 Geographical summary ........................................................................................................9 Monuments by altitude ........................................................................................................9 Character ...........................................................................................................................9 Breakdown by NMR Broad Class............................................................................................9 Breakdown by more numerous NMR Type............................................................................ 10 Breakdown by Period......................................................................................................... 10 Breakdown by Form .......................................................................................................... 11 5 Discussion ........................................................................................................... 12 Survey ............................................................................................................................. 12 Coverage.......................................................................................................................... 12 Significant discoveries........................................................................................................ 12 Land usage....................................................................................................................... 12 Settlements ...................................................................................................................... 12 Quarrying......................................................................................................................... 12 Tracks.............................................................................................................................. 13 Sheepfolds ....................................................................................................................... 13 Recreational and clearance cairns ....................................................................................... 13 Shooting butts .................................................................................................................. 13 The correlation of air photo transcriptions to sites................................................................. 13 6 Narrative summary and upland research themes............................................... 14 Page iii \\Harappa\projects\UIP081 <strong>Mynydd</strong> <strong>Llangynidr</strong>\Reporting\Draft Final\AP UIP081 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<strong>Mynydd</strong> <strong>Llangynidr</strong> Upland Survey UIP081 Produced for RCAHMW Prehistoric ........................................................................................................................ 14 Upland prehistoric settlement from the Mesolithic period onwards, only visible through artefact scatters around upland lakes .............................................................................................. 14 The identification of upland settlement remains from periods where they are poorly represented, particularly the Bronze Age and Early Medieval periods.......................................................... 14 Prehistoric ritual landscapes and their relationships with contemporary settlement....................14 Medieval .......................................................................................................................... 14 Upland deserted settlements, particularly those of potential medieval date with cognisance of surrounding agricultural or storage features associated with the domestic buildings.................. 15 The structure, components and phasing of field systems in upland areas with an eye to possible early dating of some enclosures, and the presence of encroachment....................................... 15 Post medieval ................................................................................................................... 15 The presence and extent of remains of rural industries in the uplands, particularly peat cutting, quarrying, rabbit farming and mining................................................................................... 15 The form and distribution of extraction landscapes and the association of defined mining areas and their mining features ................................................................................................... 16 Modern ............................................................................................................................ 16 Other uplands research themes .......................................................................................... 17 Agri-Industrial settlement patterns in contexts where farming and industrial activity coalesce .... 17 The relationship of sites to woodland, where it exists and to identified deposits of peat and areas of peat extraction or drainage............................................................................................. 17 Transport networks of all periods in relation to the upland areas and the inter-regional implications of these, in particular extensive remains of upland trackways and early systems of roads and tramways with their associated infrastructure........................................................ 17 7 Appendix 1 .......................................................................................................... 18 Environmental potential ..................................................................................................... 18 Recommendations............................................................................................................. 18 Documentary resource & NMRW ......................................................................................... 18 Further study.................................................................................................................... 18 8 Appendix 2 - Catalogue of Sites.......................................................................... 19 Page iv \\Harappa\projects\UIP081 <strong>Mynydd</strong> <strong>Llangynidr</strong>\Reporting\Draft Final\AP UIP081 <strong>Mynydd</strong> <strong>Llangynidr</strong> report (Draft Final).doc Copyright ArchaeoPhysica Ltd. 10/02/2009
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