Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwmhindda Deserted Rural Settlement
Duhonw, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Platform house
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 30 March 2001
- Community
- Duhonw
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.11625, -3.40420
- SAM number
- BR280
- Cadw record number
- 1673
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 two rectangular buildings 11 x 6m in size, visible as low wall bases set on earthen platforms dug into the prevailing slope. A third earth platform is visible measuring 21m long.
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 with sides measuring 70m x 180m.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Banc y Celyn Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Hendy Long HutRectangular hut1 mi
- Malthouse at Alltmawr IsafAgriculture and Subsistence2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.