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Field System, Twyn Bwmbegan

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NPRN24335
Map ReferenceST17SW
Grid ReferenceST1235073840
Unitary (Local) AuthorityThe Vale of Glamorgan
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityWenvoe
Type Of SiteFIELD SYSTEM
PeriodMedieval
Description
Aerial photographs taken during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance on 18 July 2000 (neg. ref. 005062-58) show low earthwork banks surviving on the summit and east-facing slope of Twyn Bwmbegan hill. The main banks describe a right-angled corner forming two sides of an enclosure - they are slighted, or overlain, by an extant field boundary at ST 1228 7379, attesting to some antiquity. Other low banks can be seen running diagonally north-east of this main enclosure. The field is crossed north to south by the denuded remains of a natural scarp slope. The earthworks appear to be the remains of a medieval, or earlier, field system.

T. Driver, 28 June 2007.