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Fron Top Deserted Rural Settlement is a post-medieval domestic site located in Radnorshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference RD173. The settlement comprises platform houses and associated earthworks characteristic of rural Welsh settlement patterns from the early modern period. Such dispersed homestead sites represent the distinctive landscape of upland Radnorshire, where communities established themselves on marginal agricultural land. The physical remains preserve evidence of domestic occupation and land use practices typical of post-medieval rural Wales, contributing to understanding of settlement evolution in the Welsh marches during this period.
Fron Top Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD173. View the official record →
Fron Top Deserted Rural Settlement is a post-medieval domestic site located in Radnorshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference RD173. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD173.
Fron Top Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a platform house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Fron Top 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 RD173.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhos Crug Round Barrows (7.3 km), Ffoeslaprey Settlement (7.7 km), Rhos-crug hut platform (W) (7.9 km).
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