Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen Bwlych Glascwm Pillow Mounds
Llangynidr, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangynidr, Powys, recorded as Pillow Mound (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Pillow Mound
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 9 December 1998
- Community
- Llangynidr
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.83844, -3.31823
- SAM number
- BR252
- Cadw record number
- 1562
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 11 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a group of 15 pillow mound, a pillow-shaped, flat topped rectangular mound often surrounded by a shallow ditch used to farm rabbits. The mounds have been constructed on a steep hillside on Pen Bwlch Glasgwm. They are rectangular in shape with varying dimensions, the smallest being about 2.5m by 4m and the largest about 3m by 6m. They average approximately 0.6m in height.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of agricultural techniques. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pirgad including attached farm rangeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at AbercynafonAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
- Bridge at AbercynafonTransport1 mi
- Abercynafon farmhouse and attached farm rangeDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.