Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
British Fortified Residence
Llangynwyd Middle, Bridgend, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangynwyd Middle, Bridgend, recorded as Deserted Rural Settlement (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Rural Settlement
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Llangynwyd Middle
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.56880, -3.64494
- SAM number
- GM086
- Cadw record number
- 2241
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 248 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (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 deserted rural settlement. Probably dating to the medieval period (AD 1066-1485), a complex of earthworks contains a number of square house platforms and holloway. The site lies at 215m above OD on ground falling to the east.
The complex of buildings covers an area approximately 45m by 55m in a large hollow scooped out of the hillside. An entrance on the north-west leads to a centrally placed square house measuring 9.1m each way, with three rooms. To the east of the entrance is a long house, 19.8m by 7.3m, divided into two rooms. Another entrance to the site exists on the south-east.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement and subsistence practices. It is an important relic of a medieval landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact archaeological deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence, including buried land surfaces. Their importance is 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
- Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient FarmsHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient FarmsHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Earthwork & Platform Houses N of Nant FadogPlatform houseunder 1 mi
- Gilfach-ganol farmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.