Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems
Penybont, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Penybont, Powys, recorded as Field System (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Field System
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 11 October 1995
- Community
- Penybont
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.24386, -3.34161
- SAM number
- RD150
- Cadw record number
- 918
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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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 field system, dating to the prehistoric or medieval period and surrounds the Old Church of Cefnllys. A series of hollow ways, field banks with ridge and furrow are visible and on the east, rectangular house platforms ranged around further trackways and hollow ways. The earthworks are grass covered and may represent the settlement of the historic borough of Cefnllys, centred on the castle to the east.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric/medieval settlement and agricultural practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A field system 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
- Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cefnllys CastleMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
- NeuaddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bailey Einon FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.