Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms
Llangynwyd Lower, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- House Platform
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Llangynwyd Lower
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.56370, -3.64631
- SAM number
- GM093
- Cadw record number
- 3366
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a platform house, a levelled area of ground upon which a house is built. Mynydd Ty Talwyn is situated on the north facing slope of the hill and comprises a shallow platform of c. 26 x 14m, with some low bumps in the turf. Faint traces of the hollow way down to the rivulet are visible.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. a platform house may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient FarmsHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Earthwork & Platform Houses N of Nant FadogPlatform houseunder 1 mi
- British Fortified ResidenceDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- Gilfach-ganol farmhouseDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.