Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Beili-Bedw Earthworks
St. Harmon, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Rural Settlement
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- St. Harmon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.35005, -3.47450
- SAM number
- RD129
- Cadw record number
- 1965
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 a deserted rural settlement, probably dating to the medieval or post-medieval period and is situated on sloping ground to the north-east of Beili-Bedw farm. The settlement features include a system of field banks, small enclosures and platforms for buildings covering an area of c.5.5ha.
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
- Field barn at Gors FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-martegRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Round Barrows 400m NNW of Beili HwlynRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Bronze Age tumulus north of Beili HaulwenRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.