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Multi-periodSite Name: Cors-y-Gedol Settlement Alternative Name: Cors y Gedol Settlement
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Barmouth  Nearest Village: Dyffryn Ardudwy
Map Ref: SH60382304
Latitude: 52.786821N  Longitude: 4.071771W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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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Cors-y-Gedol Settlement
Cors-y-Gedol Settlement submitted by DrewParsons : The settlement is in the bracken behind the shaped stones. September 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This site comprises three stone walled structures - two 7.5 metres across and one 7.0 metres by 4.0 metres. They are linked by a less substantial wall to form irregular enclosures.

Partially excavated in 1956 they produced ceramic material thought to be from the 2nd cenrury AD. There is a field system nearby. The site is overgrown but nearby on the clearer land to the south there are stones which have been shaped. The Coflein reference is:https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302753 />

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Cors-y-Gedol Settlement
Cors-y-Gedol Settlement submitted by w650marion : Wall on west side - note the large upright stones as suggested in the 1956 excavation report "The buildings are constructed from large stone orthostats" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors-y-Gedol Settlement
Cors-y-Gedol Settlement submitted by w650marion : A hut wall on the east side, note the large stones as described in the 1956 excavation "The buildings are constructed from large stone orthostats which contained an internal core of small stones" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors-y-Gedol Settlement
Cors-y-Gedol Settlement submitted by w650marion : Even early in the year, the Roman hut circle settlement is overgrown, but there are lots of stones there..... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors-y-Gedol Settlement
Cors-y-Gedol Settlement submitted by w650marion : Standing near the buried water tanks of the leat (easy to find - flat top) and looking west across the overgrown site - (Roman Hut Group) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cors-y-Gedol Settlement
Cors-y-Gedol Settlement submitted by DrewParsons : A close up of the shaped stones by the settlement. September 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Cors-y-Gedol Settlement by w650marion on Friday, 03 April 2020
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The settlement is classified as a "Hut Group (Enclosed), E of Gors y Gedol" (Roman hut circle settlement) by Gwynedd Archaeological Trust and is associated with a Roman "Field System, E of Gors y Gedol"

https://archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT1114&dbname=gat&tbname=core&sessid=CHI21i1v021&queryid=Q789422001585916195

The above document has interesting information and also includes the dating finds -
"A brief excavation was made in May 1956 and the finds include the charred remains of a small bowl made in oak, three small slate discs and seventeen fragments of pottery, some of which is thought to be 2nd century A.D".

The hut group and field system are protected by CADW scheduled monument ME128 which covers a large area here and includes several other significant sites.

Finding the site is relatively easy if approached from the east and walking westwards along the leat, it is clearly shown on the 1:25,000 OS map. But although much of this large field has been cleared of gorse, the site itself is still overgrown (perhaps intentionally so, for protection). Which makes it difficult to photograph.

The pipeline of Cors Y Gedol Hall Hydro Scheme actually passes within 15meters of this site!(info can be found in a PDF in above link!)
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