Three days to go!

Llangynidr Local History Society's summer dig starts on Monday 2nd August.

This year we are looking for a medieval farmstead close to the top village.

The site is called Ty Llwyd. The tithe map (drawn 1840) shows a farm at this site and it is owned by James Prosser Snead, who lived at nearby Pwll Court. There are no census returns for the property in 1841, 1851 or any of the later surveys. This suggests that Snead allowed it to go out of use, possibly because he was responsible for gentrifying Pwll Court, and moved the farming operation away from the house and up the hill to Court Barns. The farm and its out buildings were so completely dismantled that there is no trace of them today, although there is a platform in the field and traces of possible trackways leading to the site. We are hoping that the stone buildings that were removed are on top of older medieval remains, suggested by the older estate maps of the area.

Again work will be supervise by Dr Jemma Bezant, Lampeter. We are grateful to Cambrian Archaeological Association, The Usk Valley Trust and The Brecon Beacons Trust for granting the finance for the project.