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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway - Ancient Trackway in Wales in Conwy

Submitted by TAlanJones on Sunday, 12 November 2023  Page Views: 150

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway Alternative Name: Bwlch y Garnedd Road
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.999 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Conwy Type: Ancient Trackway
 Nearest Village: Pentrefoelas
Map Ref: SH9170055450
Latitude: 53.085247N  Longitude: 3.61841W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway
Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway submitted by TAlanJones : View to the south along the trackway. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Trackway in Conwy

Recorded by Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust in 1994 and again in 1995 during an archaeological study associated with the Pentrefoelas Windfarm development, this ancient trackway is considered to have been a Roman Road originally.

Situated within the upland moor to the east of the A543 that cuts through the Denbigh Moors, the trackway follows a route north easterly from a predicted (now fossilised form) site at Rhyn Park, Caer Llugwy. At its best preserved areas, i.e. Bwlch y Garnedd to the OS ref, the trackway measures 5m wide and it is defined by parallel ditches over a meter wide and 0.4m deep. The trackway changes its direction to the east at the crest of a ridge and the OS reference SH9170055450 is provided at that point. The track then continues passing Nant Heilyn where it would have forded Afon Alwen (prior to the reservoir). The distance from the Rhyn Park to the OS ref is 3.5k.

The track is referred to locally as a coach road suggesting its continued use as a passage through the moors, and cartographic evidence suggests that it became disused between 1818 and 1839. Having walked the 1.6k along the track from Bwlch y Garnedd I would suggest wet resistant footwear as the track itself is mostly waterlogged. However, there are occasional dryer sheep tracks that follow alongside.

There are a number of prehistoric sites in this area and I suspect that this track had been a main route through the moors for millennia.


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Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway
Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway submitted by TAlanJones : Microlite pilot above the trackway centre pic. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway
Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north along the trackway with Llyn Alwyn top left. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway
Lon Bwlch y Garnedd Trackway submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north along the line of the track. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SH9155 : Moorland at Bwlch Gwyn by Dot Potter
by Dot Potter
©2005(licence)
SH9155 : A543 near Cottage Bridge by Ian S
by Ian S
©2019(licence)
SH9156 : The A543 winding its way across Denbigh Moors by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
©2018(licence)
SH9156 : A543 towards Cottage Bridge by Ian S
by Ian S
©2019(licence)
SH9255 : The remains of Nant-Heil by John Haynes
by John Haynes
©2016(licence)

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