Hi,
There are several items including maps for Dolarddyn and even more for
Castle Caereinion listed if you try a "google" search and also one for Hydan
cottages involving work by CPAT as follows. You might be able to get some
further information from Powys C.C.
Regards,
Margaret Harvey
CPAT Project
A458 Cyfronydd Trunk Road, Stage 2
An initial assessment of the route corridor by CPAT (CPAT Project 806)
involved desktop study and walkover survey. This revealed that two known
cropmark enclosures at Sylfaen and Hydan Cottages, known from cropmark
photography, may be affected by the proposed road scheme. One of the
recommendations in the subsequent report was that a geophysical survey be
undertaken on both sites to provide a more detailed understanding of the
nature and extent of the enclosures and as a basis for further mitigation
strategies. CPAT was subsequently commissioned by Powys County Council
Transport and Property Services to undertake the geophysical survey as Stage
2 of the archaeological assessment. The survey was subcontracted to
ArchaeoPhysica of Newport, Shropshire, who employed a caesium vapour
magnetic gradiometer at a high spatial resolution. The survey of the Sylfaen
has revealed a series of linear and curving anomalies which have been
interpreted as a series of ditches defining several phases of enclosure,
though the form of the enclosures is irregular and difficult to interpret at
this stage. Survey of the Hydan Cottages enclosure revealed faint traces of
the enclosure ditch with indications of a number of faint anomalies
including a possible ring-ditch of a roundhouse or round barrow.
CPAT Project 809
Funded by Powys County Council Highways Department in 1998/99
Updated April 1999
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob & Peg" <r.haycock(a)value.net.nz>
To: <POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:18 AM
Subject: [POWYS] Hydan
Geographical gurus,
Can anyone explain the geography of HydanDol, Dolarddyn and Castle
Caereinion.
I have learned that Dolarddyn is/was just a locality about a mile
N.W. of
Castle. C.
Close by is/were several localities named variously Hydan Dol, Hydan
Ucha,
Hydan Fawr, plus a few other Hydans. My particular interest is a place
called Hydan & Dol.
I have been assured that the name Hydan is unique to that area close
to
Castle Caereinion (no other Hydans in Wales).
So, if Hydan was only a locality, why the proliferation of place names in
one
area?
What constituted Hydan?
I bet no one knows.