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Cwmhindda Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic site located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising a platform house and associated settlement remains. The site dates to the medieval period and represents the archaeological evidence of a rural dwelling and its ancillary structures, preserved as earthwork features within the landscape. Platform houses of this type were characteristic of upland Welsh settlement patterns, constructed with levelled domestic platforms cut into sloping terrain to provide stable building foundations. The deserted status of the settlement indicates abandonment, likely reflecting broader patterns of rural depopulation or settlement shifts that occurred in medieval and post-medieval Wales.
Cwmhindda Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR280. View the official record →
Cwmhindda Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic site located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising a platform house and associated settlement remains. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR280.
Cwmhindda 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.
Cwmhindda 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 BR280.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Corast Deserted Rural Settlement (4.2 km), Gwenddwr Deserted Village (4.6 km), Gwaun Ymryson Round Cairn (6.3 km).
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