Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwm Cadlan Settlement and Field System
Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hut Circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 17 March 2011
- Community
- Hirwaun
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.78893, -3.48264
- SAM number
- BR414
- Cadw record number
- 1328
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 an unenclosed settlement, which probably dates to the prehistoric period. It is located on the lower northern valley slopes of Cwm Cadlan within a boulder-strewn karst landscape. The widespread coaxial field system of low spread and discontinuous fugitive banks (Items A and B) is interspersed with an enclosure (Item C), three hut circles (Items D, E and F) and numerous stone built cairns. Each hut circle is defined by a circular or oval shaped stony bank.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement organisation and agricultural practices, particularly as the settlement and agricultural evidence are juxtaposed. The site is well preserved and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, layout, building techniques and functional detail. Paleoenvironmental evidence may also survive.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and the area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is roughly rectangular in shape on plan and measures 810m ENE-WSW by 400m transversely.
Nearby in the register
- Cefn Sychbant Round CairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Nant-Maden Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Twyn Bryn Glas round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cader Fawr Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.