Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hafod Rhiwnant Deserted Rural Settlement
Rhayader, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Rhayader, Powys, recorded as Longhouse (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Longhouse
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 31 January 2003
- Community
- Rhayader
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.22712, -3.64657
- SAM number
- RD199
- Cadw record number
- 3929
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (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 and located on a sheltered, south-facing shelf some 13m north-west of the Rhiwnant brook. There are also the remains of a sheepfold.
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 a square and measures 25m x 25m.
Nearby in the register
- Nant-y-Garw Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Dalrhiw Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Nant-y-Car South Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Standing Stone above Craig RhiwnantStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.