Subject: RE: Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff
From: HER
Direction: received
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:03 UTC
Institution: Heneb (formerly GGAT) / Historic Environment Record
Refs: none
Archive id: gm-1a1103d9d380a3b6
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Dear Sir,

I write in response to your email, “Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff”, dated 8 September 2026.

I note that you have framed your request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. The question of whether Heneb falls within the scope of those Regulations is a matter of legal determination, and nothing in this response should be taken as expressing a view on that matter. Irrespective of that question, access to the information concerned is not restricted and the information is available on request directly from the HER team. Following its digitisation, it is now freely available online via the Archwilio website via record 02038s.

The additional information referred to in your email dated 19 September 2026 will require further time to review, insofar as it is held within the HER. We will respond separately in relation to that information.

Yours faithfully,



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From: Sion Buckler <[email redacted]>
Sent: 08 September 2026 04:06
To: HER <[email redacted]>
Subject: Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff

HER Officer (Heneb: Glamorgan-Gwent),

This is a request for recorded information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and, so far as applicable, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and under the public-access duty to the historic environment record.

I request the full HER source file for Great House Farm, Llandough (GGAT02038s and any linked event or find records), specifically:

1. The complete text of the entry or entries that refer to armour or medieval ironwork found under the rear wing / floor c.1880, including every source code and footnote.

2. A copy or transcript of the RCAHMW / Suggett 1988 material held on the HER file (GGAT’s 1990 assessment cites “RCAHMW 1988” for the museum attribution).

3. Any museum accession number, letter, or catalogue slip on the file that identifies where the ironwork went.

4. Any distinction on the file between:
   (a) the c.1880 rear-wing ironwork;
   (b) iron from the 1979 villa excavation south of the church;
   (c) the 1994 cemetery iron girdle (Burial 631) later examined by the National Museum of Wales.

Please send electronic copies. I am an interested person researching the documented history of this site, not a commercial applicant.

Regards,

Sion Buckler
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