SURVEY AND EXCAVATION AT LLANLLYR MEDIEVAL NUNNERY AND POST-MEDIEVAL MANSION, CEREDIGION, 2014-2015

Llanllyr House, built in the 1830s by the Lewes family, is traditionally thought to occupy the site of the medieval Llanllyr Nunnery. However, no medieval buildings or earthworks survive to confirm its exact location. To address concerns that modern farming activities could damage buried remains, Dyfed Archaeological Trust, with support from Cadw and in partnership with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, carried out investigations in 2014 and 2015. The work sought to clarify the location and character of any surviving archaeological deposits linked to this important but little-documented monastic site.