Parc le Breos
Parc le Breos was a great
The park's boundary was originally marked by a wooden fence, or pale, on the top of an earth bank inside a ditch. Some parts of the pale survive.[3]
) show the area of Parc le Breos to have been settled by modern humans since the earliest times.History
The area that would become Parc le Breos has been inhabited by modern humans since the earliest times.
Workmen digging for road stone in 1869 uncovered an early Neolithic
A trapezoidal cairn of rubble – the upper part of the cromlech and its earth covering now removed – about 72 feet (22 m) long by 43 feet (13 m) (at its widest), is revetted by a low dry-stone wall. A bell-shaped, south-facing forecourt, formed by the wall, leads to a central passageway lined with limestone slabs set on end. Human remains had been placed in the two pairs of stone chambers that lead from the passageway. Corpses may have been placed in nearby caves until they decomposed, when the bones were moved to the tomb.[8][12][13]
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A Hunting Lodge was built in the 19th century, about 1,200 yards (1,100 m) north east of Parc Cwm long cairn. It is now an hotel and pony trekking (horse riding) centre and retains the name Parc le Breos.[2][22]
Lunnon
The eastern half of Parc le Breos became a
During the mid 16th century the remainder of the park changed use too, from a deer park to farmland, when all but the limestone gorge cwm and about 500 acres of woodland was divided into three farms.[2]
Location
The remaining parkland of Parc le Breos is in Coed y Parc, about seven 1⁄2 miles (12 km) west south west of
Coed y Parc is owned and managed by
Bibliography
Leighton, David K. 'A fresh look at Parc le Breos', Gower, 50 (1999), pp. 71–79, Publisher: Gower Society,
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