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Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw is a prehistoric agricultural enclosure located in Breconshire, Wales. The monument comprises two adjoining enclosed areas and is characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement patterns in upland Wales, periods when farming communities expanded into marginal pastoral landscapes. The enclosure's bipartite design reflects functional divisions typical of prehistoric agricultural sites, with separate areas likely serving distinct pastoral or subsistence purposes. Such enclosures represent important archaeological evidence of prehistoric land use, settlement organisation, and the expansion of organised agriculture into the Welsh uplands during the later prehistory.
Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR418. View the official record →
Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw is a prehistoric agricultural enclosure located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR418.
Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure - agricultural. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw 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 BR418.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llangattock Tramroad Inclines (7.5 km), Coed Pentwyn Hillfort (7.5 km), Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf (8.3 km).
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