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Submitted by TAlanJones on Thursday, 10 February 2022 Page Views: 424
Multi-periodSite Name: Crawcwellt Iron Age Settlement South EastCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Trawsfynydd Nearest Village: Ganllwyd
Map Ref: SH69703065
Latitude: 52.857524N Longitude: 3.936699W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Situated to the south of the country lane that leads from the A470 to the Rhinog mountain car park at Graigddu Isaf the settlement lies within a high moorland environment. This is one of several identified prehistoric settlements within the Crawcwellt area. Apparently the archaeological area of interest covers 14 acres but to date only 2% has been excavated. From my observations I doubt that this particular settlement site has attracted much archaeological attention.
The settlement appears to have been quite large. Although difficult to interpret the site does offer evidence of a hut circle settlement, i.e there are raised platforms, circular structures and wall enclosures. However, I do wonder if some of my interpretations are more to do with wishful thinking as opposed to a structured analysis 😊
Although the environment itself offers panoramic views in all directions the settlement site itself is not that impressive.
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