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Hafod Frith Deserted Rural Settlement is a post-medieval and modern abandoned farmstead located in Wales, now protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference CD175. The site sits on bedrock of Llandovery formation comprising sandstone and conglomerate beds, geology that has shaped settlement patterns across this region for centuries. The underlying strata provided suitable building stone and influenced drainage and soil conditions across the locality.
As a deserted rural settlement, Hafod Frith represents the wider patterns of agricultural change and depopulation that transformed the Welsh countryside during the post-medieval period and into modern times. Many such settlements were abandoned as farming became unviable on marginal upland or exposed land, or as labour migration drew people toward industrial centres and towns. The physical remains of buildings, field boundaries and other structures at the site preserve evidence of domestic life and working practices now vanished from the landscape.
The monument's protection by Cadw reflects its value for understanding rural settlement history and the processes of landscape change in Wales. Archaeological investigation of deserted settlements such as Hafod Frith contributes to knowledge of vernacular building traditions, settlement organisation, and the socioeconomic forces that reshaped rural communities across the post-medieval centuries.
Hafod Frith Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD175. View the official record →
Hafod Frith Deserted Rural Settlement is a post-medieval and modern abandoned farmstead located in Wales, now protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference CD175.
Hafod Frith Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a deserted rural settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hafod Frith 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 CD175.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Fflur Round Cairn Cemetery (5.7 km), Garn Gron Round Cairn Cemetery (6.8 km), Fagwyr Las Deserted Rural Settlement (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hafod Frith Deserted Rural Settlement'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.
Hafod Frith Deserted Rural Settlement stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.