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Abandoned Settlement 300m NE of Troed-y-Rhiw is a medieval deserted rural settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw as monument CD154. The site lies on bedrock of Llandovery age, where sandstone and conglomerate strata are interbedded beneath the surface, providing the geological foundation upon which the medieval community was established.
The settlement represents a common pattern of rural depopulation in Wales, where small farming communities were abandoned during the medieval period. Such deserted settlements offer valuable evidence of medieval land use, farming practices, and settlement patterns. The specific geology of the Llandovery Rocks, with their mixed sandstone and conglomerate composition, would have influenced both the local soil conditions and the availability of building materials for the inhabitants.
The monument's protection by Cadw reflects its archaeological significance as a record of medieval Welsh rural life. The physical remains of the settlement, preserved within this landscape, continue to provide information about domestic organisation, agriculture, and social structure during the medieval period in this region of Wales.
Abandoned Settlement 300m NE of Troed-y-Rhiw is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD154. View the official record →
Abandoned Settlement 300m NE of Troed-y-Rhiw is a medieval deserted rural settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw as monument CD154. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD154.
Abandoned Settlement 300m NE of Troed-y-Rhiw dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a deserted rural settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Abandoned Settlement 300m NE of Troed-y-Rhiw is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CD154.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Fflur Round Cairn Cemetery (4.5 km), Garn Gron Round Cairn Cemetery (5.7 km), Y Garn Round Cairn (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Abandoned Settlement 300m NE of Troed-y-Rhiw's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Abandoned Settlement 300m NE of Troed-y-Rhiw stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.