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The Aber valley is dominated by the Iron Age hill fort (c. 500 BC) on Maes-y-Gaer,The rugged slopes of Maes-y-Gaer and the gorge of the Afon Rhaeadr Fawr in particular may well have been tree-clad since ancient times.
(59) homestead, at a height of 700 ft. above O.D. (fig. 33)
on ground sloping to the W. on the edge of the spur that terminates in Maes-y-gaer. The remains of an old field wall connect this site to another rectangular building a little to the S.E. (No. 60). The area immediately N.E. of the group bears ancient plough-markings, and to the N., on the wide saddle E. of Maes-y-gaer, plough-marks and terraced rectangular fields extend for fully 500 yards.
A fragment of 15th-century pottery was picked up on the site in 1949.
Condition: fair.
sh 66637231 12 ii 48 7 S.E. Unnoted
(60) long hut, on level ground at a height of 750 ft. above
O.D. on the spur which culminates in Maes-y-gaer. On the S. and W. the ground falls steeply to the valleys of the Afon Anafon and Afon Rhaiadr-fawr. The longer axis of the building lies E.-W. and it measures 38 ft. by 15 ft. The S. and E. walls are 2 ft. 6 ins. thick, of earth and small stones faced on both sides with large boulders; the remaining walls are visible only as grassy banks. A depression in the N. wall may represent an entrance.
Adjoining the N. side of the building is a small level field, 70 yards by 50 yards, heavily plough-marked, with remains of a field wall on its S. side.
The hut is 70 yards S.E. of the group of rectangular buildings (No. 59), and is probably contemporary.
Condition : largely destroyed.
sh 66707226 12 ii 48 7 S.E. Unnoted
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