Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Soldiers' Graves Pillow Mounds
Llanfihangel, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanfihangel, Powys, recorded as Pillow Mound (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Pillow Mound
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 9 December 1998
- Community
- Llanfihangel
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.73818, -3.44574
- SAM number
- MG250
- Cadw record number
- 3883
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 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 · 150 Dinas-Mawddwy (Hills) (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 Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of five pillow mounds, pillow-shaped, flat topped rectangular mounds often surrounded by a shallow ditch used to farm rabbits.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of agricultural techniques. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pen-yr-alltAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Maes Dyfnant Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Fachwen-ganolDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llwydiarth Saw MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.