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Area of Shrunken Medieval Village is a settlement site that preserves the physical remains of a medieval community in Wales. The site lies upon bedrock of the Lias Group, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone laid down during the Aalenian period of the Jurassic era. This underlying geology shaped both the landscape the villagers inhabited and the stone materials available to them for building and other purposes.
The settlement belongs to a class of archaeological sites common across Britain where medieval villages contracted or were abandoned, leaving earthwork evidence of former occupation. The topography and surviving ground features at this location reflect the pattern of medieval habitation, settlement organisation and subsequent desertion that characterises such sites. The remains are protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw, the Welsh historic monuments authority, under reference GM375.
The shrunken village represents an important record of rural settlement history and landscape use during the medieval period in Wales. Such sites preserve information about medieval community structure, agricultural practices and economic change that would otherwise be lost. The earthworks visible across the site constitute irreplaceable evidence for understanding how this corner of the Welsh countryside was organised and lived in centuries ago.
Area of Shrunken Medieval Village is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM375. View the official record →
Area of Shrunken Medieval Village is a settlement site that preserves the physical remains of a medieval community in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM375.
Area of Shrunken Medieval Village dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a shrunken medieval village. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Area of Shrunken Medieval Village 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 GM375.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nash Point Camp (1.5 km), St Donat's Churchyard Cross (1.5 km), Tresilian Bay Anti-invasion Defences (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Area of Shrunken Medieval Village'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.
Area of Shrunken Medieval Village stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.