Goldsland
Goldsland
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 Cattle in a field, looking across to Goldsland Wood | |
  Goldsland Location within theVale of Glamorgan | |
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| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | CF |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Goldsland(Welsh:Tregold[1]) is a small hamlet and farm in theVale of Glamorganin southWales.It is located near the boundary of theWenvoe Castle Golf Clubin the parish ofWenvoe.[2]It lies to the east ofDyffrynand south ofSt Lythansand the road leading from the west passes through the farms of Old and New Wallace. Goldsland Brook flows through here. A sub-manor was reportedly held at Goldsland by a Mathew ofLlandaffunder the manor of Wenvoe in 1583.[1]
Goldsland Farm
[edit]The main landmark is the Goldsland Farmhouse, with a planned farmyard dated to the early-mid 19th century and a large barn with double doors. The house is built from "narrow stone rubble with dressed stone voussoirs and quoins and Welsh slate roof".[3]The farmhouse would have supplied milk to the Jenners of nearbyWenvoe Castle.
Historically this farm appears to have reared some prized animals and gained some renown in the farming communities of Glamorgan. In 1870, E. Thomas won a prize for "Best Pair of Sows" by theGlamorganshire Agricultural SocietyinCowbridge,[4]and in 1893, the owner of Goldsland Farm, Lewis Jones, foaled a horse which won first place atGlamorganshire ShowatNeathand first place at theCardiff Horse Showin 1894, amongst others.[5]
Goldsland Wood and caves
[edit]Goldsland Wood lies to the northwest of the farmhouse, an area ofdeciduouswoodland on a low limestone ridge which spans east–west for 2.5 kilometres.[6]There are reserves ofmalachitehere.[7]
There are several caves in the area across the ridge which have been explored as part of theUniversity of Central Lancashiresponsored Goldsland Caves Research Project since 2005.[6]The project aims to "evaluate the chronological range of the deposits preserved in the caves; to assess the sedimentological processes involved in the formation of the deposits; to seek evidence as a basis for environmental reconstruction; and to seek evidence, in particular, of the human use of the caves in the Palaeolithic and into theHoloceneand for their possible use for burial. "[6][8]The archaeologists have discovered human remains,MesolithicandNeolithicflintwork and Neolithic pottery.[6]The main cave of Goldsland is located at51°26′21″N3°17′00″W/ 51.439062°N 3.283293°W.
Dr. Rick Peterson, the leader of the archaeological project of the university said of the findings, "The style of pottery and the flint saw-blade suggested that the remains date to around 3000 BC, which means they are over 5000 years old. We also discovered a smaller pit containing the ash from a cremation pyre, but little sign of the cremated body or any evidence where the cremation took place. Other human remains have been discovered in caves roughly around this period, from the Neolithic or New Stone Age, but almost all of them were identified years after excavation. The Goldsland caves have never been excavated before. We went there hoping to find undisturbed evidence for whatever ritual took place 5000 years ago that led to peoples’ bones being put in caves and we seem to have found it."[9]
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New Wallace Farm
References
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- ^abCardiff (Wales). Records Committee (1905).Cardiff records: being materials for a history of the county borough from the earliest times.By order of the Corporation. p. 372.Retrieved19 April2012.
- ^Maps(Map).Google Maps.
- ^"County Treasures:Wenvoe"(PDF).Vale of Glamorgan Council.Retrieved19 April2012.
- ^Farmer's Magazine (1870).The Farmer's Magazine. Volume the Thirty-Eighth Third Series July to December MDCCLXX.p. 346.Retrieved19 April2012.
- ^Shire Horse Society (1896).Shire Horse Stud Book.p. 37.Retrieved19 April2012.
- ^abcd"Goldsland caves excavations".University of Central Lancashire. Archived fromthe originalon 23 December 2012.Retrieved19 April2012.
- ^Bevins, Richard E. (1994).A Mineralogy of Wales.National Museum Wales. p. 87.ISBN978-0-7200-0403-8.Retrieved19 April2012.
- ^"Cave archaeologists find human remains",British Archaeology,85,November–December 2005,
Excavations inside a cave at Goldsland Wood, overlooking the Severn plain near Wenvoe, South Glamorgan, have uncovered remains of at least seven prehistoric people
. - ^"Goldsland Wood Cave".Megalithic.co.uk.Retrieved19 April2012.
