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Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems is a medieval agricultural landscape in Radnorshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The site preserves evidence of medieval settlement patterns and associated field systems that demonstrate the organization of agricultural activity in the region during the medieval period. The surviving earthworks and field boundaries reflect the subsistence strategies and land management practices characteristic of medieval Welsh rural communities. The monument provides valuable archaeological evidence for understanding medieval settlement distribution and agricultural exploitation in the upland areas of Radnorshire.
Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD150. View the official record →
Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems is a medieval agricultural landscape in Radnorshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a field system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems 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 RD150.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carneddau Round Cairn (7.6 km), Colwyn Castle (7.8 km), Carneddau, standing stone to SSW of (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems'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.
Cefnllys Medieval Settlement and Field Systems stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic tuff.