# Site

summary:
Nant y Geifr Fach is the name given to what appears to be a large oval enclosure visible on RAF 1946 aerial photographs. The cropmark site is situated immediately east of Montainhall farm on a gentle southeast-facing slope at 200m above sea level. The ea

Evidential Value:
Features seen on a 1946 RAF aerial photograph

ImpactComment:
DAT could find no evidence of this site in 2008 and thought it likely that any features reported earlier by the Ordnance Survey had been destroyed.  The exact location of the features have not been identified in the HER.


summary:
This round barrow is a scheduled ancient monument. There is a possible kerb or platform ring here, which surrounds a cairn with a hollowed centre. The barrow is circa 20m in diameter. Stones are visible on the surface of the mound through the grass cover

Group Value:
Part of a barrow cemetery on Frenni Fawr (PRN1001)

Historical Value:
Mentioned in antiquarian and archaeological sources

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would be 1.9km to the southeast of this barrow and the associated Barrow Cemetery of which it is part. The turbines would not impact on the monument setting or break the horizon to the southeast as they are on much lower ground.


summary:
A mutilated, grass covered, round barrow. The barrow stands c.1.6m high and has a diameter of c.19m. It has a hollow centre and evidence for disturbance on its southwest, north and east sides. PR 2004 based on NC 2004

Group Value:
One of several Bronze Age monuments found on high ground to the north and east of the upper Tâf valley

Evidential Value:
A damaged but substantial earthwork mound

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would be 1.7km to the southeast of this barrow. The turbine would not impact on the monument setting or break the horizon to the southeast as they are on much lower ground.


summary:
Mound cleared away during the mid-nineteenth century, during which time a piece of bronze was discovered. No trace of a mound remains in the field. NC 2004.

Evidential Value:
Documentary sources, the barrow was destroyed in the 19th century

ImpactComment:
This round barrow was cleared away in the 19th century and no trace of it now exists.


summary:
Enclosure of unknown significance. RPS August 2001

Evidential Value:
Unclear. Possibly an earthwork on an aerial photograph.

ImpactComment:
There is no trace of this earthwork on modern aerial photographs and the record does not give sufficient information to determine what the feature was or where exactly it is located.


summary:
The Llanfyrnach mine is in North Pembrokeshire and was by far the largest and most productive of that county's metal mines.  Lead and silver were mined here in the 18th century, but most of the visible evidence that survives on the site is of 19th centur

Evidential Value:
Documentary, some features survive on site

Historical Value:
Mentioned in antiquarian and modern sources

ImpactComment:
Rising ground to the north of the mine site is though likely to block the view towards the proposed turbines, 1.7km to the north-northwest.


summary:
Early medieval A site. ie. high-probability early medieval origins. Farm, named 'Llangene Fawr', which appears to represent the general site of the 'bishop-house' of Llan  Geneu, mentioned in an ?8th century text of the Welsh Laws. Its precise location i

Group Value:
Reputedly one of the seven pre-Norman Bishop Houses of Dyfed was located near here.

Evidential Value:
Place name and documentary only. A Llangenau Fawr is named in early sources as one of the pre-Norman Bishop Houses of Dyfed, but no archaeological evidence has been found to prove its location or existence.

ImpactComment:
There are no recorded archaeological features associated with this record and the site of any early ecclesiastical site is unknown.


broadclass:
Religious Ritual and Funerary;Agriculture and Subsistence

ImpactComment:
There are no archaeological features associated with this record for a medieval grange of Whitland Abbey.


Evidential Value:
A cottage of this name is shown here on 19th and 20th century OS maps, it is now derelict. No well is shown on historic OS mapping.

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines are unlikely to be visible from this location as the well is set in a group of mature trees that would block the biew southwestwards.


Evidential Value:
Shown on 1907 OS map, now survives as denuded earthwork feature

ImpactComment:
The top of the turbines would be visible 1.3km to the south-southwest but they would have a minimal visual impact on this old gravel pit site.


ImpactComment:
This old quarry site is now hidden in thick mature woodland and there would be no views of the proposed turbines from the location.


ImpactComment:
There are no archaeological features recorded in association with this 'ffynnon' placename.


Evidential Value:
No well is shown on historic OS mapping at this location.

ImpactComment:
It is not clear from the HER record, or historic mapping, which spring is recorded here.  The 'ffynnon' placename could apply to the spring shown on historic OS maps to the northwest of Ffynnon Gaseg cottage, rather than to a 'well' at this location.


Short Text:
A saw mill is shown here on the 1889 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. Mill Cottage stood alongside the sawmill, which was part of the Glogue Quarry complex.  The sawmill was fed by water carried via leat that ran from the north west to power its machinery.

Group Value:
Part of the Glogue Quarry complex in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Evidential Value:
The site is now wooded and the building ruined.

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would not be visible from this location as the site is now wooded and a steep slope blocks the view northwards.


Evidential Value:
The station house is still standing and lived and the railway bed visible in its garden

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would not be visible from this location.


Evidential Value:
The mill buildings are now used as a modern dwelling


ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would not be visible from this location, as the former quarry now lies in woodland.


MDESC:
Grid reference taken at point along linear site

Group Value:
Part of Llanfyrnach silver-lead mine complex

Evidential Value:
Survives as an earthwork, shown on historic maps

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would not be visible from this leat, which is hidden in woodland.


Group Value:
One of several quarries in the Glôg area


ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines may be visible from this location, 1.6km to the north-northeast, although a high hedge around the burial ground is likely to screen or block the view. The turbines would have no impact on the chapel setting.


Short Text:
Glogue Quarry was one of Pembrokeshire's largest quarries but ceased operations in 1926 but has intermittently supplied stone to the local market to the present day, chiefly taking material from the spoil tips for use as roadstone.

Group Value:
Associated with nearby Glogue Farm and Mill Cottage sawmill site. It was also linked to the Cardi Bach railway.

Evidential Value:
A disused quarry with some evidence of recent activity on its spoil tips

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would not be visible from within the quarry area, but would appear directly above the quarry in long range views from the south, but this impact on setting would be minimal given the industrial character of the landscape here.


Evidential Value:
Standing building, reused as a community centre

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines may be visible from here, 1.8km to the northeast, although trees and hedgerows may largely screen the view. The visual impact would be minimal in view of the scale of the turbines and the distance between the two locations.


Historical Value:
Included in Peter Claughton's list of Mining Sites in Pembrokeshire

ImpactComment:
The exact location of this working has not been identified but it is said to be in wooded valley just south of the now ruined cottage at Glyntâf.


Group Value:
Associated with the nearby Llanfyrnach lead mine

ImpactComment:
This site appears to be mislocated as Cwmllwyd lies c.850m to the west of the given grid reference. The location of the mineshaft is therefore unknown.


summary:
Listed as house with C18 origins with historical connections with nearby slate quarries and railway. CADW 1998

Group Value:
Part of the historic Glogue Farm complex

Evidential Value:
Standing building which has been renovated

Historical Value:
Home to John Owen, the owner of Glogue Quarry in the mid-19th century, who also played a role in the opening of the Cardi Bach railway.

ImpactComment:
The proposed turbine would not be visible from this location as the slope, hedgerows and vegetation block the view to the northeast. The property is very enclosed and the turbines would not affect its setting.


Group Value:
Part of the building complex at Glogue Farm


ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would not be visible from this location as the slope, hedgerows and vegetation block the view to the northeast. The property is very enclosed and the turbines would not affect its setting.


ImpactComment:
The proposed turbines would be visible just over 1km to the south-southwest.  The house has a southwesterly aspect.  The turbines would not impact on the setting of the cottage.


Short Text:
The field system that was associated with Glogue Farm when it was a working farm is characterised by a series of relatively large and often rectilinear fields, defined by hedged, earthwork banks.  The land was evidently already enclosed by the time that the 1810 Ordnance Survey Original Surveyors Drawings were prepared and the essential layout of the modern field system can also be seen present on the parish tithe map.

Evidential Value:
The fields are still well-maintained and farmed, though Glogue Farm is no longer a working farm and the land has been detached from it.

Directcomment:
The turbines will stand in one field within the field system

Indirectcomment:
There will be some visual impact on the field system.

ImpactComment:
The propsoed turbines will not damage existing field boundaries or change the layout or essential characteristics of the field system.


Short Text:
This small stone building stands in a fenced of corner of a field. It is largely intact although some signs of dereliction are beginning to show on the structure.  It is slate built, with a slate roof which is now collapsing. The structure measures 3.25m east-southeast to west-northwest, by 3.25m. The door is at the centre of the north-northwest facing gable wall.  The east-southeast and west-northwest walls are starting to sag outwards.  It is shown on the 1889 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map as a "Magazine" and would have been the explosives store for the nearby Glogue Quarry.

Evidential Value:
Standing building, now becoming derelict

ImpactComment:
This old magazine stands in the field to the north of the proposed turbine locations. The development will not directly affect the structure and the visual impact would be minimal.


Short Text:
A small reservoir that supplied water to Glogue Farm, some 280m to the south-southwest, via a leat.  It is shown on the 1889 1:2500 map and was still in use in the early 20th century. The reservoir is now dry but its dam and outline are still recognisable.  It measured c.60m north to south, by 20m wide.

Group Value:
Associated with Glogue Farm to which it supplied water for use in driving machinery

ImpactComment:
This disused reservoir lies in the field to the west of the proposed turbine location. The development will not directly affect the feature and the visual impact would be minimal.


Short Text:
This leat supplied water to Glogue Farm.  It was fed by a reservoir, some 280m to the north-northeast of the farmstead.  It is shown on the 1889 1:2500 map and was still in use in the early 20th century. The leat has now been ploughed out and little trace of it survives.

Group Value:
Associated with Glogue Farm and a reservoir that held water for use in driving machinery

Evidential Value:
Intermittent and slight earthwork traces still visible in the field

ImpactComment:
This disused leat runs across fields to the west of the proposed turbine location. The development will not directly affect the feature and the visual impact would be minimal.


Short Text:
This leat supplied water to a reservoir on Glogue Farm.  It was fed by a natural spring, some 440m to the east of the reservoir near Ffynnon Gaseg.  It is shown on the 1889 1:2500 map and was still in use in the early 20th century.

ImpactComment:
This disused leat runs across the southern edge of the field where the turbines would stand. The development will not directly affect the leat and the visual impact would be minimal.


