Images

Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Looking down the valley over the small hut circle. The distinctive hill in the distance is Cribarth.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.11.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

What appears to be a small hut circle (although it could equally be a kerbed/ring cairn) on the slope above the track.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.11.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Structural remains inside the large circular structure from the previous image.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.11.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

General view of the site, which lies near the edge of the trees and then runs along the top of the track crossing the hillside.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.11.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

A fleeting patch of blue sky, as I sit inside the enclosure. This place feels remote today.

Image credit: A. Brookes (14.1.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Large circular stonebuilt enclosure to the southwest of the hutcircles.

Image credit: A. Brookes (14.1.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The settlement is right on the geological boundary between the old red sandstones of Fan Gyhirych and the limestone of Carreg Cadno to the south. Looking from the site towards Carreg Cadno (“Stone of the Fox”).

Image credit: A. Brookes (14.1.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Small circle, which may be a hut circle but isn’t one of the two shown on the CPAT SMR.

Image credit: A. Brookes (14.1.2017)
Image of Pwll Byfre (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Approaching the Pwll Byfre settlement (in front of the treeline) from the north.

Image credit: A. Brookes (14.1.2017)

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