Historical background
The rolling landscape of the Arfon plateau is made up of largely
improved pasture, most of which was formerly Vaynol land. The
pattern of substantial nineteenth-century farmhouses and outbuildings
is typical of the estate. Relict prehistoric settlements (hut
groups and small forts) are dotted across the landscape, usually
in the corners of fields, and some fields display a curvilinear
pattern characteristic of this period.
Key historic landscape characteristics
Lowland plain, some relict archaeology
A wide area of disparate character, with the most prominent
features being large enclosures and scattered farmsteads. Farmhouses
and outbuildings are mostly nineteenth-century estate construction,
soundly built. The farm buildings are in many cases arranged
on the courtyard plan.
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