History and setting on the Llyn Peninsula
Situated on the Llyn Peninsula coastal belt, Bryn Cynan Farmhouse enjoys a privileged location, set against the backdrop of the Snowdon mountain range providing a dramatic contrast to the wide expanse of the sea, just a short walk away.
In the wider landscape the property is surrounded by farmland, blocks of woodland, parkland, wide expanded hedgerows and shelter belts. The Farmhouse is set within a holding consisting of several historic stone built farm buildings including stables, barns, watermill, grain loft, maid and horseman’s quarters, traditional outbuildings, and house dating back to the 16th / 17th Century and appearing in the Tythe Maps.
Photo below – Harvest 1912 at Bryn Cynan Fawr Farm with a Steam Traction Engine, Threshing Machine, Thatched Ricks, the Workforce and the 2 farm doggies. The building in the background remains and is the oldest stone built Barn at BCF.
Photo below – Harvest 1912 on the highest part of the farm. The Stooks / Sheaves of Corn were cut by hand using a sickle or scythe. These were dried in the field, before being taken by horse and cart to the farm yard to be threshed by the threshing machine driven by the steam traction engine.
Historically the farm dates back even further – thousands of years, with an Iron Age Settlement and Hill Top Fort on the highest part, and a hoard of Roman Coins found nearby. The fort is not accessible due to livestock, the nearby recently excavated Hill Top Fort at Dinas Dinlle (2.5 miles) is accessible on foot.
Numerous country walks and country lanes are in the immediate vicinity, the most notable of which is the Pont-y-Cim Pack Horse Bridge, year 1612 which is the narrowest bridge open to traffic.
Photo below – Baby Swallows in one of the outbuildings.
