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Ffoeslaprey Settlement is a deserted medieval rural settlement located in Radnorshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference RD172. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a medieval domestic settlement, with physical evidence of former habitation patterns characteristic of the upland farming communities that occupied the Radnorshire landscape during the medieval period. The settlement represents an example of the dispersed rural settlement pattern that characterised medieval Wales, where individual farmsteads and small hamlets were distributed across the landscape according to local topography and agricultural resources. The abandonment of such settlements reflects the broader social and economic transformations that affected rural Wales during and after the medieval period, making Ffoeslaprey an important archaeological record of medieval Welsh settlement and land use.
Ffoeslaprey Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD172. View the official record →
Ffoeslaprey Settlement is a deserted medieval rural settlement located in Radnorshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference RD172. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD172.
Ffoeslaprey Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a deserted rural settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ffoeslaprey 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 RD172.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound & Bailey Castle, Bleddfa (6.4 km), Camp W of Cwm Cefn y Gaer (6.6 km), Shepherd's Tump round barrow (8.1 km).
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