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GLYNLLIFON PARK, EARTHWORKS OF RELICT FIELD SYSTEM WEST OF NEWBOROUGH MAUSOLEUM

Site Details



NPRN
408654
Map Reference
SH45SE
Grid Reference
SH46415464
Unitary (Local) Authority
Gwynedd
Old County
Caernarfonshire
Community
Llandwrog
Type of Site
FIELD SYSTEM
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
Prehistoric;Medieval

Site Description

Extensive, denuded earthworks of former field system, with two conjoined polygonal enclosures at the main grid reference, possibly associated with a central settlement, and earthwork terraces of curvilinear and rectilinear field enclosures extending to the north and south. Discovered during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance on 9th Feb 2006.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 13 Jan 2009.