Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwm-Twrch Medieval Settlement
Glascwm, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Rural Settlement
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 26 July 1999
- Community
- Glascwm
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.18262, -3.23812
- SAM number
- RD165
- Cadw record number
- 1573
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 Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a deserted rural settlement, probably dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. Four or more earthern platforms with evidence of stone foundations and associated enclosures or small earth banked pens are located along the prevailing contours of the land rather than in the more usual manner of perpendicular with the slope. The platforms average 18 x 6m in size and are separated by earth banks standing up to 1m in height.
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
- Wern CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- BrooksideNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box at road junction in centre of GlascwmCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.