Grid Ref SN 030 370. This is one of the most interesting ruined houses on the edges of the common -- not far from the Parc Mawr tors, and reachable along the moorland track that leads westwards and then north-westwards from Bedd Morris. I suppose that we had better assume that it dates from the early 1800's, like most of the "ty unnos" cottages on the fringes of the moorland -- but this one is more complex and more interesting than any of the others. It has a very intriguing pattern of enclosures around it, and it is approached by a beautiful little lane flanked by massive stone walls. This is a landscape littered with huge dolerite boulders, and the buildings are settled on top of some of the largest.
This is the closest approximation I have seen to a traditional Celtic longhouse, with five rooms in a row, with the dwelling house at the south end and with traces of a traditional "simnai fawr" and cwtch against the southern gable end. At the north end there are what appear to be a small stable, a cowshed and a pigsty. The walls are very crudely built with rough stone (all dolerite) blocks roughly shaped or dressed, and with minimal use of mortar. The main entrances face west, and there is one old door that has been blocked in with stonewalling. So there are at least two phases of development.
The dwelling is in a dangerous state, and there are no traces of a roof or an upper storey. Some of the walls on the east side are leaning dangerously, and will soon collapse.
I wonder if the building is listed, or should be.....??
See also:
https://brian-angelmountain.blogspot.com/2020/11/another-romantic-ruin.html
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