Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tyddyn Wilym Deserted Rural Settlement
Trefriw, Conwy, Wales
A scheduled monument in Trefriw, Conwy, recorded as Deserted Rural Settlement (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Rural Settlement
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 16 April 2001
- Community
- Trefriw
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.17215, -3.84121
- SAM number
- CN328
- Cadw record number
- 934
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 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (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 the well-preserved remains of a deserted rural settlement, probably dating to the medieval period. The settlement comprises three rectangular platforms cut into the hill slope to provide a level foundation for rectangular buildings such as long-houses, barns and byres. Platform I measures 12m by 8m, platform II 11m by 3.5m and platform III 14m by 6m. The settlement occupies a sheltered, north-east facing shelf above the Afon Ddu valley with spectacular views across Dyffryn Conwy and 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 medieval settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits, including preserved medieval ground surfaces below the monuments and intact environmental remains. 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
- Ffridd Uchaf Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
- Old Bath House at Trefriw WellsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Dolgarrog (Listed in the resurvey of Dolgarrog Community Cadw ref No41/G/32(6)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.