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Troed y Rhiw, Hollow Way IV;Trped-y-Rhiw

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NPRN405560
Map ReferenceSN76NE
Grid ReferenceSN7661166129
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityYstrad Fflur
Type Of SiteHOLLOW WAY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
A 47mm stretch of hollow way, 3.5m wide and 0.2m deep which leads down the hillside to the north of the medieval settlement of Troed y Rhiw Ucha and towards a large animal house (probably a sheepcote) (NPRN: 300571) also medieval in date and associated with the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida. This hollow way appears to pre-date the ffridd wall (NPRN: 405565), that it runs up to, and one possibility is that it may have connected the sheepcote with a slate extraction site in the hollow above (NPRN: 405577).

This feature was recorded by RCAHMW in 2006 as part of a wider study of the Troed y Rhiw area (NPRN: 405578).

Louise Barker, RCAHMW & Andrew Fleming, June 2007.

Sources:
Fleming, A. & Barker, L. 2008 Monks and Local Communities: The Late-medieval Landscape of Troed y Rhiw, Caron Uwch Clawdd, Ceredigion. Medieval Archaeology 52, 261-290