Historical background
An area traditionally dominated by
the Glynllifon estate and its antecedents. It includes the
hill-fort of Dinas Dinlle. The area has a number of associations
with the fourth branch of the Mabinogion .
Key historic landscape characteristics
Dominant hillfort, large fields, farms
A coastal strip extending from the eroding hill-fort at Dinas
Dinlle to the limit of the study area at Aberdesach. The dominant
form of architecture is the substantial estate-built farmhouse
and associated outbuildings, of which there are several in
the area, though there is a nucleated settlement at Pontllyfni
(mainly comprising twentieth-century housing set in estates)
and small clusters of (late) houses along the main Caernarfon
to Pwllheli road. The fact that the area is coastal and low-lying
means that the fields are large and irregular, and many of
the boundaries are drains.
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Landscape Character Map
