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Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural Settlement is a Medieval domestic site located in Radnorshire, Wales, comprising house platforms and associated earthworks that represent the physical remains of a settlement abandoned in the post-Medieval period. The site consists of house platforms typical of Medieval rural dwellings, which survive as low earthen mounds marking the former locations of residential structures. Dating to the Medieval period, the settlement exemplifies the pattern of rural occupation and subsequent desertion characteristic of the Welsh upland regions during the later Medieval and early post-Medieval centuries. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference Cadw SAM RD186, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of Medieval domestic life and settlement patterns in the region.
Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD186. View the official record →
Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural Settlement is a Medieval domestic site located in Radnorshire, Wales, comprising house platforms and associated earthworks that represent the physical remains of a settlement abandoned in the post-Medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD186.
Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural 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.
Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural 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 RD186.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Mound 400m N of Cefnige (5.9 km), Begwns standing stone (6 km), Blaenhenllan round cairn (6.1 km).
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