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Cefn Barn Ringwork is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference Cadw SAM BR088. The site comprises a circular or oval ringwork, a fortification type characteristic of the Norman and post-Norman period in Wales, typically dating from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. Such ringworks functioned as administrative and defensive centres for local lords, combining residential and military purposes within a single defended enclosure. The earthwork survives as a substantial bank and ditch formation, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the territorial organisation of Breconshire during the medieval period.
Cefn Barn Ringwork is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR088. View the official record →
Cefn Barn Ringwork is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference Cadw SAM BR088. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR088.
Cefn Barn Ringwork dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a ringwork. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cefn Barn Ringwork 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 BR088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Moel Round Houses (8.4 km), Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex (8.4 km), Castell Blaenllynfi (8.5 km).
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