YNYSLOCHTYN
Site Details
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NPRN 402733
Map Reference SN35NW
Grid Reference SN31475552
Unitary (Local) Authority Ceredigion
Old County Cardiganshire
Community Llangrannog
Type of Site SETTLEMENT
Broad Class UNASSIGNED
Period Post Medieval, Medieval
Site Description 1. A rectangular structure, in the region of 15m east-west by 5.0-7.5m, apparently terraced into west-facing slopes on the southern segment of Ynys Lochtyn, an elongated coastal islet set immediately off the the promontory below Pendinas Lochtyn: there are uncertain indications of a second, similar feature some 36m to the south: the probable building described here would appear to corresspond with the 'run of two or three compartments with an attached yard', noted but not fully recorded some time ago (Davies et al. 1971, 104) & likened to the possibly Roman, or early medieval features known on Gateholm (Pembs. - Nprn102906): however the general form of the building, as recorded here, is characteristic rather of medieval, or post-medieval settlement features, notably its positioning, set at right-angles to the grain of the slope.
Sources:
Davies et al. (AC 120), 102-110.
Driver, T. 2016. The Hillforts of Cardigan Bay. Logaston Press, 151-3.
RCAHMW 2005
2. See also NPRN 408279
