Ll天n Interpretive Project Hillforts & Harbours Interpretive Scheme Ll天n Landscape Partnership July 2014
INTRODUCTION In 2010 the Landscape Partnership was successful in attracting over £1.7m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Countryside Council for Wales and the SDF Fund towards the 5 year Llŷn Landscape Partnership Scheme. This particular project involved hillforts and harbours on the peninsula. The themes were the ancient culture, the maritime character and the Welsh language. The work had to demonstrate sustainability and local sourcing and connect back to existing digital resources. The key benefits of the project would:
Promote Llŷn and its unique character. Demonstrate an investment in excellence in interpretive resources. Contribute towards providing an excellent and memorable experience for visitors.
The brief required all copywriting, design, construction and installation, including planning permissions.
The eight locations were: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Porthdinllaen Porthcolmon Porthor Porth Neigwl Garn Boduan Garn Fadryn Tre’r Ceiri Tre’r Ceiri above Nant Gwrtheyrn
Harbour Harbour Harbour Bay Hillfort Hillfort Hillfort Hillfort 1
WORKING WITH PARTNERS This project includes 12 partners who are involved in the environment, heritage, culture, recreation and economy of Ll天n.
Gwynedd Council
The National Trust
Natural Resources Wales
Keep Wales Tidy
Communities First
Mantell Gwynedd
Cewyllwyr Ll天n
Pwllheli Sailing Club
Canolfan Felin Uchaf
Coleg Meirion Dwyfor
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THE PROJECT SITES
A4 87
YNYS MON
Caernarfon A4086
A4
A499
Abermenai
08 5
Groeslon Penygroes
B4418
A487
Bae Caernarfon Bay
085
A4
Clynnog 99
A4
Trefor
Llithfaen
5
Garn Boduan
Tudweiliog
7
Garn Fadryn
A4 41
P
E
N
R
6
97
A4
Chwilog
A4
97
Porthmadog
Criccieth
Pwllheli Bae Tremadog Bay
5 441
A
Llanbedrog
13
A44
A498
A49
3 A4
Porthor
41
3
H
Y
L
N
N
87
9
2
LY
A4
A4354
A4
Edern
N P E 99
Nefyn
A U L S I N
Llanaelhaearn
7
1 A44
B4411
1
Porth Dinllaen
Porth Colmon
Tre’r Ceiri
8
Morfa Nefyn
Porth Sgadan
7
Nant Gwrtheyrn
98
A4
Rhiw
Abersoch
Aberdaron Porth Neigwl Hell’s Mouth
4
Ynysoedd St Tudwal’s Islands
Ynys Gwylan-fawr Ynys Enlli Bardsey Island
5km
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THE INTERPRETIVE APPROACH Content Each panel opened with a common theme for each environment, then continued with site specific content. A QR code linked back to the Llŷn AONB website. Harbours:
Penrhyn yn ymestyn allan i’r môr yw Llŷn ac mae’n annorfod bod y môr hwnnw wedi dylanwadu’n drwm ar yr ardal ar hyd yr oesoedd. Bu masnach benwaig lewyrchus oddi ar arfordir Llŷn. Yn ogystal, hwyliai llongau’r glannau yn rheolaidd i’r porthladdoedd bychain, gan fewnforio glo a nwyddau amrywiol ar gyfer siopau bach y wlad ac allforio ŷd, menyn, caws ac wyau. Bu bwrlwm adeiladu llongau hefyd yn rhan o hanes nifer o’r porthladdoedd hyn. As a peninsula, it is inevitable that Llŷn has been much influenced over the centuries by the sea that surrounds it. There was a lucrative herring fishery off the coast of Llŷn. Coastal trading vessels also sailed regularly into the small ports and inlets, where coal and a variety of goods to stock the small country shops were imported and corn, butter, cheese and eggs were exported. Shipbuilding also featured in the history of many of these ports. 4
THE INTERPRETIVE APPROACH Content Hillforts:
Roedd y bryngaerau a welir yn yr ardal yn mynegi a chyfleu statws, mae’n bur debyg, ac yn ganolbwynt ar gyfer rheolaeth leol neu ranbarthol. Roedd Llŷn yn nhiriogaeth yr Ordofigiaid, neu’r Gangani o bosib. Byddai’r bobl wedi siarad iaith y datblygodd y Gymraeg ohoni mewn cyfnod diweddarach. Amaethyddiaeth, yn dyfu cnydau a magu anifeiliaid, oedd sail economi a chyfoeth Oes yr Haearn (c.650 CC- 47/78 OC). Trigai mwyafrif y boblogaeth ar ffermydd bychain yn cynnwys tai crynion mewn patrwm o gaeau hirsgwar. Rhwymau carennydd – sef cysylltiadau teuluol – oedd yr hyn a glymai’r gymdeithas ynghyd. Roedd statws yn bwysig mewn cymdeithas, ynghyd ag arwyddion gweledol o’r statws hwnnw. The hillforts that can be seen in the area were probably an expression of status and provided a focus for local or regional control. Llŷn was within the territory of the Ordovices, or possibly the Gangani, and the people would have spoken a language that was a fore-runner of Welsh. Agriculture, both arable and stock rearing, provided the economic base and wealth of the Iron Age (c. 650 BC-AD 47/78). The majority of the population were settled in small farm settlements of roundhouses within a pattern of rectangular fields. The social bonds were those of kinship. Status was important within society, as were the visible manifestations of that status. 5
THE INTERPRETIVE APPROACH Hillforts The structural design was based on a monolith, which was felt to be in keeping with the subject and the environment. Oak was the chosen timber and to follow the sustainability focus it was sourced from storm-damaged trees on the National Trust estate at Plas Yn Rhiw near Aberdaron. These were solid, heavy slabs of green oak, rough-hewn and untreated, they would weather-in to the locations very well.
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THE INTERPRETIVE APPROACH Harbours Here the structural design was based on the traditional Llŷn coastal fishing boat. Clinker-built from local larch it was constructed as though it was to be a sea-going boat using traditional boat-building techniques, albeit for half a boat.
Ht bow 42”
Ht stern 20”
1.5” 3.5” 3.5” 4” 4”
Gunwale ht 3” Ht midships 21”
1.5” 3” 3.5” 3” 3.5” 4” 4.5” 5”
3” 5”
4” 5” 2.5”
5” 5”
Stern keel ht 12”
Overall length 14’
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THE FINISHED PROJECT Porthdinllaen & Porthor
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THE FINISHED PROJECT Porthcolmon & Porth Neigwl: Uprights due to location constraints.
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THE FINISHED PROJECT Tre’r Ceiri and above Nant Gwrtheyrn
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THE FINISHED PROJECT Garn Fadryn & Garn Boduan Working in partnership we were able to utilise our resources and install a notice board for the community council while installing the monolith.
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THE PARTNERS & CONTRACTORS
aonb.tif
dwyfor college.tif
felin.tif
gov.tif
gwynedd.tif
lottery.tif
mantell.tif
natural resource.tif
nt.tif
oriel.tif
plasheli.tif
tidy.tif
DESIGN CONSULTANTS Atkins Heneghan Associates of Dolwyddelan: atkinsheneghan.com
RESEARCH & AUTHORING: John Dilwyn Williams of Pen-y groes JOINERY & TIMBERWORK: Lewis Jones of Nefyn DIGITAL OUTPUT: Micrographics of Llandudno
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