Plas Farm, Caernarfon, Early Field Systems

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NPRN423651
Map ReferenceSH46SE
Grid ReferenceSH4565061540
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityBontnewydd
Type Of SiteFIELD SYSTEM
PeriodPrehistoric, Early Medieval, Roman
Description
Royal Commission aerial reconnaissance on 4th July 2018 recorded extensive cropmarks and parchmarks of an early field system running north-west / south-east to the edge of the Menai Strait, on the coastal agricultural land west of Caernarfon. The fields are rectangular, with ditched hollow ways and may be medieval in date. However, they may be earlier and could possibly be related to the cropmarks of rectangular buildings identified to the south-west at Glan y Mor (NPRN 409821) on Foryd Bay.

Discovered during the 2018 drought.

Recorded during baseline aerial reconnaissance survey for the CHERISH Project. ? Crown: CHERISH PROJECT 2018. Produced with EU funds through the Ireland Wales Co-operation Programme 2014-2020. All material made freely available through the Open Government Licence.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, Nov 2018.