Historical background
Cyrnant farm formed part of the Glynllifon estate in the early
nineteenth century, and may later have been sold privately
to the tenant.
Key historic landscape characteristics
Irregular enclosures, relict archaeological sites
A small and anomalous area whose character is very much dictated
by the topography (rocky outcrops on a north-facing hillside).
There are several large, curvilinear, irregular enclosures,
some of which have underlying lynchets on the steep slope and
contain a number of relict archaeological sites (the general
appearance of the area gives the impression of a prehistoric
origin). On top of this, there is also some later (nineteenth-century)
enclosure, with dispersed cottage dwellings. A narrow road
(again ancient in origin) runs steeply downhill through the
area. There is also a fairly extensive tract of ancient woodland
along the steep hillside, which is unusual in the locality
generally.
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