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Early Fields & Dwellings Near Maen y Bardd is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales on bedrock of Ordovician age. The underlying geology comprises unnamed extrusive rocks—felsic tuff—that were formed during the Ordovician period, making this a landscape shaped by ancient volcanic activity. The monument itself represents the settlement and farming practices of prehistoric communities who established themselves in this upland terrain.
The enclosure testifies to early land management and the organization of domestic space in prehistory. Enclosed fields of this character typically date from the Bronze Age or later prehistoric periods, when communities increasingly demarcated their territories and regularized their agricultural systems. The site combines evidence of both habitation and field systems, suggesting a settlement engaged in pastoral or mixed farming adapted to the exposed upland environment.
The monument is protected by Cadw under the reference CN181, ensuring its preservation as a record of Wales's earliest farming societies. The survival of field banks and dwelling sites across this difficult upland terrain provides insight into how prehistoric people exploited and structured the landscape, and how settlement patterns responded to the underlying geology and climate of the region.
Early Fields & Dwellings Nr Maen y Bardd is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN181. View the official record →
Early Fields & Dwellings Near Maen y Bardd is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales on bedrock of Ordovician age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN181.
Early Fields & Dwellings Nr Maen y Bardd dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Early Fields & Dwellings Nr Maen y Bardd 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 CN181.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clogwyn yr Eryr Deserted Rural Settlement (5.2 km), Cae Du platform cairn (5.7 km), Pant y Griafolen Huts and Enclosures (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Early Fields & Dwellings Nr Maen y Bardd'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.
Early Fields & Dwellings Nr Maen y Bardd stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.