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Deserted Farmstead South of Ffynnon yr Oerfa is a post-medieval rectangular hut settlement located in Wales. The site occupies land underlain by Pridoli rocks, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down in the Pridoli period. This solid geology would have provided a firm foundation for the settlement, though the naturally sloping terrain of such bedrock requires careful drainage management in upland farming.
The farmstead comprises rectangular structures typical of post-medieval Welsh rural settlement. Such layouts reflect the agricultural practices and domestic arrangements of the early modern period, when dispersed farmsteads became increasingly common across the Welsh uplands. The rectangular plan indicates organised, planned building rather than earlier, more irregular settlement patterns.
The site is protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference BR223, recognising its historical significance as evidence of early modern agricultural settlement and land use in Wales. The farmstead contributes to our understanding of how rural communities structured their buildings and exploited upland landscapes during the post-medieval centuries, before many such settlements were eventually abandoned.
Deserted Farmstead South of Ffynnon yr Oerfa is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR223. View the official record →
Deserted Farmstead South of Ffynnon yr Oerfa is a post-medieval rectangular hut settlement located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR223.
Deserted Farmstead South of Ffynnon yr Oerfa dates from the post medieval period, and is classified as a rectangular hut settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Deserted Farmstead South of Ffynnon yr Oerfa 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 BR223.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gwern-Wyddog Standing Stone (5.8 km), Mynydd Myddfai Standing Stones (7.5 km), Early Christian Inscribed Stone in Defynnog Church (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Deserted Farmstead South of Ffynnon yr Oerfa'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.
Deserted Farmstead South of Ffynnon yr Oerfa stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.