Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosures East of Afon Llia
Ystradfellte, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure - Agricultural
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 19 April 1999
- Community
- Ystradfellte
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.85408, -3.55861
- SAM number
- BR258
- Cadw record number
- 1577
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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 deserted rural settlement, probably dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. The monument comprises three enclosures, marked by wide rubble stone banks. Three earth platforms have been constructed within the main enclosure measuring between 5-6m long by 4m wide, intended to support huts or houses.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval or post-medieval settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A deserted rural settlement may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is rectangular and measures 100m x 70m.
Nearby in the register
- Settlement East of Afon LliaSettlementunder 1 mi
- Round Cairn SE of Maen LliaRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow SW of Maen LliaRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Rectangular PlatformRitual platformunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.