ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association VOLUME 126 (1977)

A morphological classification derived from a quantitative analysis of eighty-three settlement plans is interpreted in functional, social and chronological terms. A range of mixed farms is identified, which reflects considerable economic and social diversity, seen as the response of a strong vernacular tradition to changes in climate, technology and economy. Au

Eleven cross-carved stones are described and illustrated, all attributed to Nash-Williams's Group II. The crosses are mostly simple linear and outline forms; one is ringed, and four stones at Llanafan Fawr (Brecknock) with spiral and herringbone decoration may be the work of an itinerant stone-carver from a Hiberno-Viking milieu. Churchyard and roadside locations are prominent A H

The site contained 13th century rubbish pits, a late 13th/early 14th timber building with slate and ceramic tiles, and an early post-medieval building surviving until 1974. The adjacent excavation site contained further 13th century pits. Finds included a sheet-bronze bowl, medieval pottery and clay pipes.

Continues an earlier article (78/5261) which covered Groups A and B; Group C (seventy stones) have fine lettering, calligraphic and other complex borders, and paired angels (in five sub-groups): dated 1760s to 1830. Group D is a very small but distinctive group attributable to one carver, 1717-26. Group E (over 200 stones in SW Cardiganshire) belongs to 1770-1830s in two different social classes, Welsh working class and English-speaking gentry respectively. Group F is of naive and crude execution, 1766-1801.