Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Prehistoric Settlement
Glyn Tarell, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 30 June 1999
- Community
- Glyn Tarell
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.88928, -3.50522
- SAM number
- BR267
- Cadw record number
- 1593
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 comprises the remains of a group of hut circles that probably date to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). The remains are located in the protected basin of Craig Cerrig Gleisiad and consist of a series of enclosures marked by boulder walls and banks which are closely connected to a number of circular earth platforms.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric domestic construction practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential and there is a strong probability that structural evidence has survived, together with internal and external floor surfaces.
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 Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- Fan Frynych kerb cairnKerb Cairnunder 1 mi
- Blaen Glyn Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A 470Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.