Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwmblaenerw Enclosed Long Hut
Glascwm, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Longhouse
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 11 October 1999
- Community
- Glascwm
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.16227, -3.30535
- SAM number
- RD169
- Cadw record number
- 847
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 1588 "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
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 longhouse, a barn or dwelling under one roof, probably dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. The foundations of the hut are rectangular and built upon an earth platform and set within a large earth banked enclosure. There is evidence of cultivation ridges in the surrounding area.
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 longhouse 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. It is rectangular and measures 110m x 110m.
Nearby in the register
- Cwmblaenerw House PlatformsHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Fforest Wood Mound & Bailey CastleMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
- Penarth Mount Castle MoundMotteunder 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.