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<< Our Photo Pages >> Holyhead Mountain - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
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Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 14 April 2004 Page Views: 11225
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Wales
Site Name: Holyhead Mountain Alternative Name: Clwstwr Cytiau Mynydd Caergybi
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 51.8 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Holyhead
Map Ref: SH21128196 Landranger Map Number: 114
Latitude: 53.304297N Longitude: 4.686034W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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Ancient Village in Anglesey
Additional information submitted by Drew Parsons September 2010:
There are excellent descriptions of the site on notice boards. A synopsis is as follows: There are the remains of approximately 50 farmstead buildings here, comprising some round houses which would have had timber roof struts with turf or thatch over them, partly subterranian storage sheds, cattle shelters and work shops. The site covered between 6 and 8 hectares and was in use from between 500 BC until post Roman times. Only one or two farmsteads would have been in use at any one time during this period of around 1000 years. Some areas were excavated in the 1860's and others in the 1970's. Inside some of the hut circles there are examples of stone furniture including ledges and basins.
There is a car park right across the road from the site.
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 Holyhead Mountain submitted by Jimwithnoname
As my friend commented on the picture - 'the daily grind'.
Beautiful stone in one of the huts. The bowl was very smooth.
 Holyhead Mountain submitted by Jimwithnoname
A seemingly random stone amongst others, surfacing in the sea of heather.
 Holyhead Mountain submitted by Jimwithnoname
'Above head' tripod view of another hut.
 Holyhead Mountain submitted by Jimwithnoname
The same hut but with my tripod right up in the air. My first attempt.
 Holyhead Mountain submitted by Jimwithnoname
One of the huts
 Holyhead Mountain submitted by Jimwithnoname
Heather and gauze now cover most of the site here. I'm sure the people were hardy, but I think they would have been very warm in their homes. I would love to live in one, or at least give it a try :)
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
Another hut with a quartz seamed boulder outside it. Settled between 500 BC and post Roman times this is an important site. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
The farmsteads would have enjoyed fine views towards the coast from where sea food was obtained. They also ploughed the land and grew cereals. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
A large round house which would have had timber roof struts and a covering of thatch or turf. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
One of the smaller buildings. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
A recessed storage shed or workshop. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
There are huge chunks of quartz outside this building. Quartz is present right across Europe from Neolithic to early Christian times. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
An artist's impression of how the farmstead would have looked originally - taken from the informative site sign. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
The first hut that you encounter on the trail through the site. September 2010.
 Holyhead Mountain Hut Group submitted by DrewParsons
The aerial photo map on the site sign by the car park. September 2010.
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Re: Holyhead Mountain Site page (Score: 1)
by DrewParsons on Thursday, 28 October 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | | On doing some checking there were two names for the site - the correct name is Hoylyhead Mountain Hut Group. The original page name was Holyhead Mountain. I have renamed and combined the two with the old name Holyhead Mountain and all the photos show up on this page now. Thanks for spotting it!! | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Holyhead Mountain Site page (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Thursday, 28 October 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Admins: Weren't there older photos on this site page? I can't see the link to them, but maybe I'm going senile? | [ Reply to This ]
Re: Holyhead Mountain Site page (Score: 1)
by DrewParsons on Thursday, 28 October 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Only one photo came up when I first loaded the site page and I did not see any link for other photos. Its a lovely site to visit on a fine day with great views to the coast. |
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Re: Holyhead Mountain Site page (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Thursday, 28 October 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | Well, you did get lucky with the weather and the photos are good, but I'm sure at least three other people had posted on here, as I'd visited myself, and maybe had put up one or two, but IIRC, Nicola Didsbury might have, and maybe Shropshire Traveller?? (He never just puts up one. ;-))
Am sure I remember seeing some other nice earlier pics, as you tend to think.. "Ah, they had a good day", and "Yes, I remember that hut circle", etc. |
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Re: Holyhead Mountain (Score: 1)
by DrewParsons on Thursday, 28 October 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | There are excellent descriptions of the site on notice boards. A synopsis is as follows: There are the remains of approximately 50 farmstead buildings here, comprising some round houses which would have had timber roof struts with turf or thatch over them, partly subterranian storage sheds, cattle shelters and work shops. The site covered between 6 and 8 hectares and was in use from between 500 BC until post Roman times. Only one or two farmsteads would have been in use at any one time during this period of around 1000 years. Some areas were excavated in the 1860's and others in the 1970's. Inside some of the hut circles there are examples of stone furniture including ledges and basins.
There is a car park right across the road from the site | [ Reply to This ]
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 Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
 Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
 Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma. |
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