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Cefn Clawdd Early Settlement and Fields is a prehistoric field system located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference ME130. The site preserves evidence of organised land use spanning multiple periods of prehistoric settlement. The fields and associated settlement structures remain visible in the modern landscape, demonstrating the long-term occupation and agricultural exploitation of this locality.
The monument lies upon bedrock of Lower Cambrian mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, geology that has shaped both the land's character and the settlement's development. These fine-grained sedimentary rocks, formed during the Early Cambrian period, underlie the soils that early farmers would have worked. The particular conditions of this terrain influenced where fields were laid out and how they were maintained over generations.
Cefn Clawdd's field boundaries and settlement remains constitute an important record of prehistoric rural life in Wales. The site demonstrates how early communities organised their agricultural landscape, establishing patterns of land division and use that in some cases influenced later settlement patterns. The preservation of these field systems allows archaeologists to understand prehistoric farming practices, settlement organisation and the relationship between communities and their environment during the prehistoric period.
Cefn Clawdd Early Settlement and Fields is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME130. View the official record →
Cefn Clawdd Early Settlement and Fields is a prehistoric field system located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference ME130.
Cefn Clawdd Early Settlement and Fields dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cefn Clawdd Early Settlement and Fields 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 ME130.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maen Llwyd Standing Stones (1.9 km), Roman Kilns 225m SE of Pen-y-Stryd (4.2 km), Hut Circle Settlement at Crawcwellt South (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cefn Clawdd Early Settlement and Fields'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.
Cefn Clawdd Early Settlement and Fields stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.