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Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System is a post-medieval and modern settlement located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference ME128. The site sits upon Lower Cambrian bedrock comprising sandstone and conglomerate laid down during the Early Cambrian period, which forms the geological foundation for the landscape and settlement patterns visible today. This ancient stone base would have influenced both the drainage characteristics and building stone available to successive generations of inhabitants.
The settlement comprises the physical remains of domestic occupation and associated agricultural infrastructure spanning the post-medieval period through to modern times. The field system evident across the site demonstrates the progressive organisation of land for farming, with boundaries and divisions reflecting centuries of land use and tenure patterns typical of Welsh rural communities. The interplay between the underlying geology and human settlement is clearly expressed in the distribution of buildings and field arrangements across the terrain.
The monument's protection by Cadw recognises the importance of understanding post-medieval settlement patterns and agricultural practices in Wales. The combination of structural remains, field boundaries and topographical features preserved at Cors-y-Gedol provides archaeological evidence for rural life and land management spanning several centuries, offering insight into the continuity and change within Welsh upland or marginal farming communities during this period.
Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME128. View the official record →
Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System is a post-medieval and modern settlement located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference ME128.
Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System 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 ME128.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bwlch y Rhiwgyr, cairn 350m to SW of (3.8 km), Deserted Rural Settlement South of Ffridd Olchfa (4.5 km), Cerrig Arthur Stone Circle (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System'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-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.