Welsh Journals

sign of an accompanying bank was revealed, but it is likely that, if it had existed, it would have been slighted in this section and the ditches backfilled during the later medieval period. During the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, occupation continued on the site, which may now have been undefended. A drain constructed at that time, or in the seventeenth century, served the area uphill to the north where buildings may have been located. A limekiln found in the previous evaluation had been built in the fill of the ditch. The area continued to be occupied by farm buildings to the present day. The village has contracted to the present few houses and is technically a shrunken village site with visible earthworks in adjacent fields. M. W. Ponsford, Bristol 14-17 St Mary's Street, Swansea (SS 6567 9297) A field evaluation for the Gwalia Housing Society was carried out at the rear of the plots on the north side of St Mary's Street. The work showed that the area had been used mainly for cultivation and the disposal of rubbish until the nineteenth century, when a stable was established at the rear of plots 16-17. Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust Rhyd-y-car, Merthyr Tydfil (SO 0469 0543) A detailed survey of the pumping site at Rhyd-y-car was undertaken on behalf of Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council and Ove Arup and Partners in advance of intended reclamation works. Since the beam engine house had already been the subject of detailed recording by RCAHM (Wales) and University of Wales Cardiff, Department for Continuing Education, the present survey concentrated on the surrounding earthworks and other structural features, including the presumed boiler house. Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust A470 Cefn Coed to Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil (SO 0567 0337 SA 0422 0588) Survey work was undertaken on a number of industrial sites on behalf of the Welsh Office Highways Directorate in advance of groundwork for new dualling. The survey enabled full recording of a number of sites, including the Rhyd-y-car,