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Cadair Fawr settlement is a medieval house platform located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference GM559. The site comprises agricultural terracing and house platforms that reflect medieval subsistence farming practices in the upland Welsh landscape. Dating to the medieval period, the settlement represents the form of dispersed rural habitation characteristic of medieval Welsh communities, with its physical remains demonstrating the adaptation of settlement and cultivation to challenging topography. The house platforms and associated field systems provide archaeological evidence of medieval agricultural organisation and domestic arrangement in this region.
Cadair Fawr settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM559. View the official record →
Cadair Fawr settlement is a medieval house platform located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference GM559. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM559.
Cadair Fawr settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a house platform. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cadair Fawr settlement 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 GM559.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gelli-Isaf Tramroad Bridge, Abernant Tramroad (8 km), Iron Tram Bridge, Robertstown (8.8 km), Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare (8.9 km).
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