Featured: Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Explore Scotland (and everywhere else) with our Megalithic Portal iPhone app

Random Image


Longkamp Steine

John Michell: From Atlantis to Avalon

John Michell: From Atlantis to Avalon

Who's Online

There are currently, 283 guests and 0 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Text Pages >> Ffynnonwen Iron Age Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Ceredigion

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 01 August 2006  Page Views: 4311

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ffynnonwen Iron Age Settlement
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.8 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Ceredigion Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Penparc  Nearest Village: Tremain
Map Ref: SN2228
Latitude: 51.921991N  Longitude: 4.589887W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
2
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.

Internal Links:
External Links:

Ancient Village or Settlement in Ceredigion. 2000 year-old farmstead near Tremain. In a dig going on at the moment (Aug 2006), archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a circular house, together with pits and postholes.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Map reference given is only approximate

Note: Open Day this Sunday, see comment
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN2127 : Rural services under threat by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
©2008(licence)
SN2127 : Phone box on death row by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
©2008(licence)
SN2127 : Cottage at the bridge by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
©2008(licence)
SN2127 : Glas-llyn fishery by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
©2008(licence)
SN2128 : Rhyd-y-parc across the valley by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
©2008(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 1.5km SSW 201° Crug Hywel Cairn Cairn (SN214266)
 1.7km ENE 57° Crugel Win* Round Barrow(s) (SN23492888)
 1.9km SSW 193° Tumulus at Pantglas* Cairn (SN215262)
 3.0km W 280° Efessangus stone* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SN191286)
 3.2km NNW 343° Llanfyrnach C* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN21163105)
 3.3km N 349° Rhyd-y-Gath* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SN21503125)
 3.4km NNW 337° Llanfyrnach B* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN20793121)
 3.5km NE 35° Castell y Blaidd* Cairn (SN241308)
 3.6km NNW 338° Llanfyrnach A* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN20753141)
 3.8km ENE 73° Pencastell Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SN25722899)
 4.7km WSW 251° St Clydwen's Church Cross Stone* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SN17452660)
 4.8km WNW 297° Ffynon Delyn Henge (SN178303)
 5.0km E 94° Castell Mawr (Carmarthenshire) Hillfort (SN27032750)
 5.5km WSW 242° Gwal y Filiast* Chambered Tomb (SN17052564)
 5.5km WNW 297° Pentre Galar* Cairn (SN172307)
 5.6km SSW 203° Crosshands* Standing Stones (SN196229)
 5.6km SSW 203° Cefn Brafle* Chambered Tomb (SN196229)
 6.0km WSW 246° Bach-sylw* Standing Stones (SN16422575)
 6.3km WNW 292° Dolaumaen Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN1622030632)
 6.4km W 265° Carn Besi* Chambered Tomb (SN15632768)
 6.4km WNW 286° Foel Dyrch, Pentre Galar Cairn (SN159300)
 6.5km NNW 338° Frenni Fawr foot Round Barrow(s) (SN198341)
 6.5km NW 312° Crug yr Hwch Round Cairn (SN173325)
 6.8km WSW 257° Carreg Fyrddin Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN153267)
 6.9km WSW 250° Maen Hir Farm 4* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN15452589)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Gürcütepe

Umm al-Nar tomb >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Neolithic Britain And Ireland

Neolithic Britain And Ireland

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Ffynnonwen Iron Age Settlement" | Login/Create an Account | 2 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Roundhouse remains uncovered by Andy B on Monday, 07 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message)

Archaeologists excavating an Iron Age farmstead in west Wales say the site may have been home to "several families" as early as 200 BC.

After two weeks' digging at the 2,000-year-old plot, the team have uncovered the remains of a circular house together with pits and postholes.

Other buildings found last year appear to have been surrounded by two large protective ditches and banks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/5248848.stm
[ Reply to This ]

Roundhouse remains uncovered by Andy B on Tuesday, 01 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message)
Discoveries in Tremain are transforming experts' understanding about prehistoric life in south Ceredigion.

A team of archaeologists, including students from all over the world, are currently excavating a 2000 year-old farmstead near Tremain.

The work is being led by Cambria Archaeology and the University of York, with the help of grant funding from CADW.
continued...

The dig started two weeks ago, and the archaeologists have already uncovered the remains of a circular house, together with pits and postholes that might provide evidence of what life was like in this part of Ceredigion during the late Iron Age.

Ken Murphy, who is directing the excavation, said: "The settlement may have been home to several families during the years between 200BC and AD100."

A public open day will be held at the current excavation of a late prehistoric enclosure being undertaken by Cambria Archaeology and the University of York at Ffynnonwen near Penparc.

Signs will be put up to direct visitors from the main road (A487) between Penparc and Tremain.

Source:
http://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/latestnews/display.var.859046.0.roundhouse_remains_uncovered.php
and http://www.cambria.org.uk
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
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.