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BRYN GWYN
GRID REFERENCE: SN 746862
AREA IN HECTARES: 148.2
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Historic Background
This block of high upland within Gwestfa Trefmeurig
in Cwmwd Perfedd was probably considered Crown land, although part of
it was appropriated or otherwise acquired by the Gogerddan estate by the
late 18th century. A late 18th century estate map shows a dwelling - Fagwyr
Isaf - in the southeast corner of this area situated in a large tract
of open land. The dwelling has now gone. The unenclosed character of the
land was maintained until it was acquired by the Forestry Commission and
planted with conifers in the 1960s.
Description and essential historic landscape
components
This craggy upland area, which achieves a height of
over 440m, is covered by hard-edged conifer plantation. Prior to planting
it was unenclosed moorland; now plantations, tracks, roads and other forestry
features are the most common and prominent historic landscape components
in this area.
Recorded archaeology in this area includes an Iron Age
hut circle, and three post-Medieval long huts at its southern fringe.
This area is well defined by the forestry edges. To the
west lies unenclosed moorland, and on all other sides unenclosed land
and a reservoir.
![Bryn Gwyn map](webphotos/bryngwynmap.jpg)
Base map reproduced from the OS map with the permission
of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery
Office, © Crown Copyright 2001.
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