Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwmblaenerw Enclosed Long Hut
Glascwm, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Glascwm, Powys, recorded as Longhouse (Post Medieval/Modern).
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
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 197 Hay (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 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.