Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hafod yr Abad Deserted Rural Settlement
Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, recorded as Grange (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Grange
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 28 September 2001
- Community
- Pontarfynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.36957, -3.69643
- SAM number
- CD203
- Cadw record number
- 1371
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of a well-preserved and largely intact example of a deserted medieval monastic grange, represented by three well-preserved rectangular platforms, levelled areas of ground on which houses are built, cut into the hill slope. Platform I measures 27.5m by 9m, platform II 13.5m by 9m and platform III 15m by 10m.
The site forms an important element in a wider medieval and post-medieval upland landscape. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits, including intact palaeo-environmental remains and preserved medieval or post-medieval ground surfaces below the monument. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. A platform house may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can be 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 y Lluest cairn cemeteryRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Nant y Gafod Deserted Rural SettlementFarmsteadunder 1 mi
- Ffos Gau Ring CairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Maen Hir cairn cemeteryCairn Cemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.