Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ystrad Rural Settlement
Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Rural Settlement
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 20 January 2000
- Community
- Betws Garmon
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.09350, -4.17459
- SAM number
- CN316
- Cadw record number
- 3842
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
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, comprising three closely associated buildings with attached agricultural enclosures. It represents a small but apparently long lived upland farmstead which could have seen its origins in the medieval period. The remains of the three buildings vary in size, appearance and method of construction. The manner in which they have been organised, combined with the presence of blocked doorways and other structural alterations, suggest that they span several phases of occupation and have seen varied use, including domestic occupation.
The site is of substantial construction, well preserved and demonstrating evidence for multiple phases of use and change. 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.
Nearby in the register
- Ystrad-uchafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-boxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Betws InnDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St GarmonReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.