Subject: Re: Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr, Llandough – follow-up to my preservation notice of 28 September 2026
From: Archaeology Data Service
Direction: received
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:53 UTC
Institution: Archaeology Data Service
Refs: none
Archive id: gm-1a15daaa6d10bd96
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Dear Sion,

Thank you for your follow up query and please find our responses further
below.

*Question 1: **whether the Archaeology Data Service holds any deposit,
metadata **record or archive identifier relating to Great House Farm / Tŷ
Mawr, **Llandough, in particular the 1990 Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological
Trust **assessment or the 1994 Cotswold Archaeology work*

The ADS holds the following metadata records and digital resources:

*a) METADATA RECORD*

Ty Mawr;Great House Farm.


https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/data-catalogue/resource/016dc563db84d7089594378df3a91695f0464c1064e48fc878a0172326070b02


Record deposited with us by *Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical
Monuments of Wales* as part of the Coflein database of sites and monuments
in Wales. Please see the link provided for details.


*b) METADATA RECORD*

Great House Farm


https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/data-catalogue/resource/64c8d227d5d18a95bd506e5e8130bf4d1d4e747882d9d58a44930714cc487fb2


Record deposited with us by *Glamorgan-Gwent HER* (as was). Record mentions
demolition of the farmhouse. Please see the link provided for details.


*c) METADATA RECORD*

GREAT HOUSE FARM, LLANDOUGH


https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/data-catalogue/resource/f132b9a43fb4af027987100ac49e601336d667bcd12f5726b3726e3b1f0c2296


Record deposited with us by *Glamorgan-Gwent HER* (as was). Record relates
to the GGAT 1990 excavation. Please see the link provided for details.


*d) Published academic article*

An Early-medieval Monastic Cemetery at Llandough, Glamorgan: Excavations in
1994


https://doi.org/10.5284/1071962


An eprint of the publication in the journal Medieval Archaeology covering
the 1994 excavations by Cotswold Archaeology. This was deposited with us by
the *Society for Medieval Archaeology*.


*e) Digital resource*

The Early Medieval Monastic Cemetery at Llandough, Glamorgan


https://doi.org/10.5284/1000252


Datasets from the 1994 excavations by Cotswold Archaeology that cover the
medieval remains encountered, deposited with us by *Cotswold Archaeology.*


*Question 2:* *what searches were made, and whether any physical files were
checked*

The search was undertaken using the ADS Data Catalogue
<https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/data-catalogue/> and the ADS Library
<https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/index.xhtml>.


*Question 3:* *whether anything has been destroyed or transferred elsewhere
(and **if so, when and to whom).*

Accessioning of records (metadata sets or digital resources) is recorded
via our Collections Management System. A review of our CMS indicates that
no digital material has been removed from any of these resources - and
relating to the site in question - since deposition.



Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.


Best wishes,

Anett Mladoniczki

Helpdesk


Archaeology Data Service <https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/>

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On Mon, 19 Oct 2026 at 23:14, Sion Buckler <[email redacted]> wrote:

> Dear Archaeology Data Service,
>
> Re: my preservation notice of 28 September 2026; your reply of 2 October
> 2026.
>
> I am writing about Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr,
> Llandough-juxta-Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, the subject of BP
> Properties Ltd v Buckler (High Court 1986; Court of Appeal 1987).
> Thank you for your reply of 2 October 2026; I understand the
> Archaeology Data Service preserves its data permanently.
>
> I would be grateful if you would tell me:
> 1. whether the Archaeology Data Service holds any deposit, metadata
> record or archive identifier relating to Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr,
> Llandough, in particular the 1990 Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust
> assessment or the 1994 Cotswold Archaeology work;
> 2. what searches were made, and whether any physical files were checked;
> 3. whether anything has been destroyed or transferred elsewhere (and
> if so, when and to whom).
>
> A reply by 16 November 2026 would be much appreciated. Please also
> make sure that no record relating to Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr is
> destroyed while these enquiries are open.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sergeant)
> Royal Signals Cyber/Electronic Warfare Professional
> https://greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com
>