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Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic settlement located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising platform houses and associated structures typical of upland Welsh settlement patterns. The site, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM BR298) under Cadw's protection, represents the archaeological remains of rural habitation dating to the medieval period. The platform houses visible at the site reflect the constructional methods employed in Welsh upland communities, where levelled platforms were cut into sloping terrain to provide foundations for domestic buildings. The settlement's abandonment and subsequent survival as earthworks provides valuable evidence for understanding medieval Welsh rural life and settlement organisation in the Brecon Beacons region.
Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR298. View the official record →
Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic settlement located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising platform houses and associated structures typical of upland Welsh settlement patterns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR298.
Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a platform house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cwm Beusych 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 BR298.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tramroad Bridge, Bailey's Tramroad, Govilon (8.1 km), Blorenge Tunnel, Hill's Tramroad (8.6 km), St. Faith's Churchyard Cross, Llanfoist (8.6 km).
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