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Banc Pwlldrainllwyn

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 25541
Trust : Dyfed
Community : Llangwyryfon
Unitary authority : Ceredigion
NGR : SN61826955
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Longhouse / POST MEDIEVAL Longhouse
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
Building foundation between two enclosures PRN's 12139 and 12128 that appears to be rectangular running north-south. It is part of a SAM Cd 151/b. CADW 1993.

Description :
A banked enclosure in the form of a figure eight with the smaller element to the north. An external ditch survives on the downhill side and there are some internal divisions and breaches in the bank. At the junction of the two elements are the rectangular stone footings of a dwelling.... An unusual and well-preserved enclosure complex, which pre-dates the surviving enclosure and settlement pattern and is probably medieval in date.
The above refers to the whole of the SAM. CADW 1993


Sources :
Briggs,CS , 1990 , Banc Pwlldrainllwyn, Llangwyryfon ,
Briggs,S , 1991 , Garden Archaeology in Wales ,
CADW , 1992 , Notification of scheduling ,
CADW , 1993 , AM107 ,
CADW , 1993 , SRF ,
Cadw , 2000 , AM107 ,
Musson,CR , 1992 ,
Sambrook,P & Ramsey,R , 1999 , Mediaeval or Later Deserted Rural Settlements - 1998-9 survey ,

Events :
75459 : BANC PWLLDRAINLLWYN, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1993 (year : 1993)
88424 : BANC PWLLDRAINLLWYN, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1998 (year : 1998)
90871 : BANC PWLLDRAINLLWYN, FIELD OBSERVATION, 2000 (year : 2000)
111373 : Lletyr Bugail Wind Turbine, Llangwyryfon, Aberystwyth (year : 2016)
43518 : LLANGWYRYFON WIND FARM (year : 2001)
43518 : LLANGWYRYFON WIND FARM (year : 2001)

Related records
12101
12128
12139
12196
12101
12128
12139
12196
35966

Compiled date : 01-01-1950


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