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Multi-periodSite Name: Plas Llyn Settlement Alternative Name: Braich y Gornel SettlementCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Porthmadog Nearest Village: Dolbenmaen
Map Ref: SH5566945399
Latitude: 52.986432N Longitude: 4.151501W
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 within an eastern sloping field to the west of Llyn Ystradllyn the settlement comprises of a single hut circle and an adjoined enclosure. There are ancient field boundaries within the more modern field that may be contemporary but this post's focus is the hut circle. Coflein has recorded the settlement as 288295.
The hut is about 5m in diameter and currently overgrown with marsh grass mainly central and on the western side. However, the walling on the NE side is a visible arc but it has tumbled creating a scree/rubble of medium sized stones. The adjoing enclosure is a tapered rectangle 14m long by 7m at its widest. The stone walling is fragmented but definable.
A footpath passes about 40m to the east with a style crossing the modern dry stone walls. The footpath leads to/from the deserted quarry village of Treforys to the NE.
NB: Treforys village was established by Robert Gill & John Harris to house slate quarrymen at their Gorseddau Quarry, Cwm Ystradllyn. After securing sponsorship of £125,000 to 'make their fortune' via the slate industry (inspired by the successes of Blaenau Ffestiniog and Penrhyn quarries) they secured the right to quarry for £2000 in 1845. By 1861 the village had 36 cottages and supporting services along three long stone walled streets. The quarry went bust and closed owing thousands in 1867. The village lingered for a bit longer but was totally abandoned by 1871.
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