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Afon Tanycastlell, Sheep Fold I

Sheep Fold

What is recorded here

Afon Tanycastlell, Sheep Fold I marked a Post Medieval sheep fold beside the Conwy river. It is not a grand monument, but a small functional cut in the landscape where wool and weather met. People may have driven flock after flock through that narrow gap, counting heads while rain streaked the stones. The fold still belongs to the valley, waiting for shepherds who no longer walk its banks.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Afon Tanycastlell, Sheep Fold I as Sheep Fold from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Afon Tanycastlell, Sheep Fold I is a Post Medieval agricultural structure recorded in the National Monuments Record of Wales. It is important as an example of rural land use and livestock management in the historical landscape of Wales.

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