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Cwm Twrch settlement and limekiln is a post-medieval agricultural complex located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The site comprises a residential settlement associated with lime-burning infrastructure, reflecting the integration of subsistence agriculture with small-scale industrial activity characteristic of rural Welsh communities from the early modern period onwards. The limekiln represents the exploitation of local geological resources for agricultural improvement and construction purposes, practices that became increasingly important in upland farming regions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The settlement's relationship to the limekiln demonstrates the interconnected nature of domestic life and livelihood strategies in post-medieval rural Wales.
Cwm Twrch settlement and limekiln is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM355. View the official record →
Cwm Twrch settlement and limekiln is a post-medieval agricultural complex located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM355.
Cwm Twrch settlement and limekiln dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a building (unclassified). It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cwm Twrch settlement and limekiln 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 CM355.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lorfa stone circle (2.4 km), Dorwen standing stone (2.7 km), Abercrave Ironworks (5.8 km).
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