Historical background
Areas of historic enclosure on the lower slopes of the northern
part of the study area. This area includes the relict medieval
landscape associated with the llys at Tal y Bont (Tal y Bont
itself is in area 1). Enclosure of this area seems to have
been well under way by the sixteenth century, when as noted
in 8.6 above, Syr Owain ap Gwylim's praise-poem to Dafydd Llwyd
of Peniarth refers to ‘Percydd, mynydd uwch minion' (Parks
and a mountain above the boundaries).
Key historic landscape characteristics
Improved lower slopes marked
by enclosures, some of them wandering, some of them regular,
as well as by scattered woodlands and farm settlements, including
Tyrgawen, Peniarth Uchaf and Peniarth Canol, on a ledge overlooking
the Dysynni valley, as well as the Peniarth home farm at SH
6105 0604. It includes a strip of land above area 1 that extends
to Tal y Garreg and Tonfanau where as well as nineteenth century
farm dwellings there has been some later development, taking
advantage of the views over the Broadwater and south over Cardigan
Bay .
This area merges into area 10 but is considerably less wild
and remote.
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