Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Deserted Rural Settlement
Glyn Tarell, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Rural Settlement
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 30 June 1999
- Community
- Glyn Tarell
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.89212, -3.50474
- SAM number
- BR266
- Cadw record number
- 1592
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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 and includes three house platforms set at ninety degrees to the contours of a steep east facing slope. The platforms vary in size from 9m x 3m to 21m x 5m. Two of the platforms have yards or enclosures marked by low banks on their downslope side and a long lynchet runs past the group. Also present within the scheduled area is a mound, probably a contemporary midden.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Prehistoric SettlementUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Fan Frynych kerb cairnKerb Cairnunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A 470Transportunder 1 mi
- Blaen Glyn Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.