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Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval deserted rural settlement located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD200. The site preserves evidence of medieval occupation and settlement patterns in what is now abandoned landscape, offering insight into rural life during the medieval period.
The settlement sits upon Llandovery Rocks, an undifferentiated bedrock formation of Silurian age comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate. This geology has shaped both the site's physical character and the constraints faced by its medieval inhabitants, as the underlying rock would have influenced land use, water availability and agricultural potential across the settlement.
As a deserted rural settlement, Cors Blaen Cothi represents a common feature of medieval Welsh landscapes where communities were subsequently abandoned. The reasons for desertion varied across medieval Wales, whether through economic change, depopulation or shifting settlement patterns. The site's survival as an archaeological monument, protected and recorded, allows modern study of medieval settlement organisation, building practices and the interaction between communities and their environment during this formative period in Welsh history.
Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD200. View the official record →
Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval deserted rural settlement located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD200.
Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a deserted rural settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cors Blaen Cothi 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 CD200.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Banc Maes-yr-Haidd barrows (6.1 km), Cothi Roman Aqueduct (6.3 km), Hut at upper end of Annell Roman Aqueduct (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement'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.
Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.