Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Twyn yr Esgair Settlement
Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Rectangular hut (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Rectangular hut
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 13 July 2000
- Community
- Llanddeusant
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.89930, -3.74277
- SAM number
- CM306
- Cadw record number
- 1646
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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)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (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)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 9 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
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 rectangular hut, which probably dates to the prehistoric/Medieval period and includes the stone foundations of a small rectangular shaped dwelling house and also the remains of a number of associated structures including a storage or dairy shelter, animal pens and a number of small walled enclosures.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric/medieval settlement. The monument forms an important element within the wider prehistoric/medieval context and the scheduled area may be expected to contain a wide range of archaeological information, including chronological detail and evidence in regard to construction techniques and agricultural methods. Rectangular huts may be part of a larger cluster of settlement 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
- Bridge over Nant MelynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Valve House on former filter beds on Afon Sawdde below Llyn y Fan Fach Reservoir, including weirsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Former filter beds on Afon Sawdde below Llyn y Fan Fach Reservoir, including weirsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Stone Setting on Waun LlwydStone Circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.