Arenig Fawr, Merioneth - Royal Commission on the Ancient and ...

<strong>Arenig</strong> <strong>Fawr</strong>
An Uplands Initiative Archaeological Survey
Richard Hayman & Wendy Horton
© Crown Copyright, 2010
Contents
1.0 Introduction ……………………………………………………. 1
2.0 Methodology ……………………………………………………. 1
3.0 Results of Survey ………………………………………………. 2
3.1 Prehistoric sites …………………………….…………….. 8
3.2 Roman sites …………………………………………….. 9
3.3 Medieval and post-medieval settlement and agriculture ….. 9
3.4 Industrial sites ……………………….…………………….. 19
3.5 Recreation ……………………………………...………….. 24
3.6 Use of aerial mapping ……………………….…………….. 24
3.7 Summary and statement of significance ………………….. 24
4.0 Recommendations ……………………………………………. 26
5.0 References ……………………………………………………. 29
5.1 Documentary and cartographic sources …..………….. 29
5.2 Printed sources ………………….……………………….. 29
5.3 World Wide Web …………………..…………………….. 30
Appendix 1: Table of sites by period, altitude and type ……………. 37
List of tables
Table 1 sites grouped by contour ……………………………………… 2
Table 2 sites grouped by period ………………………………………. 3
Table 3 sites grouped by Broad Class …………………………………. 3
Table 4 sites to be appended to Ordnance Survey mapping ………. 27
List of figures
Figure 1 Location plan …………………………………………….. 4
Figure 1b Location map/local topography …………………………………………….. 5
Figure 2 Map of place names ………………………….………… 6
Figure 3 Moel yr Eglwys cairn …………………………………. 7
Figure 4 cairnfield near Amnodd Wen ……………...………………… 7
Figure 5 Roman road on Ffridd Uchaf …………………………….. 7
Figure 6 Building platform on Mynydd Nodol …………………………… 10