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Garden Earthworks at Old Gwernyfed is a Post-Medieval garden site located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference BR193. The earthworks represent the remains of ornamental gardens associated with a now-ruined country house, preserving evidence of landscape design practices from the Post-Medieval period. The site demonstrates the layout and terracing techniques typical of gardens from this era, with surviving earthwork features that indicate former paths, terraces, and possibly formal planting beds. The monument is significant for its contribution to understanding the domestic landscape development and horticultural practices of rural Wales during the Post-Medieval and early Modern periods.
Garden Earthworks at Old Gwernyfed is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR193. View the official record →
Garden Earthworks at Old Gwernyfed is a Post-Medieval garden site located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference BR193. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR193.
Garden Earthworks at Old Gwernyfed dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a garden. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Garden Earthworks at Old Gwernyfed 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 BR193.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bwlch Bach a'r Grib, round cairn to SW of (5.8 km), Castell Dinas (6.5 km), Cwm Fforest Long Barrow (7.1 km).
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