Historical background
The largely unenclosed intermediate slopes of the historic
landscape area. The hut-circle settlement of Craig Ty'n y Cornel
indicates that these areas had been colonised in the Iron Age/Romano
British period, and the survival of long houses here
indicates that settlement survived into, or was resumed in,
the Medieval period. It is not known whether the adjacent field
system was associated with the earlier or the later period
or with both. There is a continuity of occupation and exploitation
from the Medieval period at Nant Caw Fawr, a farm which is
recorded as a Medieval township. The woodlands of Coed Pennant
are early.
Key historic landscape characteristics
Mixed character area
Again, this is an area which merges into those above (area
11) and those below (area 9) but which is characterised by
steep-side slopes and a mixture of woodland, some scree and
enclosures. Farm dwellings and farm buildings are generally
situated below this character area, with the exception of Nant
Caw Fawr, which is situated in a side valley up a winding track.
The hut-circle settlement of Craig Ty'n y Cornel is associated
with winding walls and long houses with traces of yards and
paddocks.
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