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Hafod Ithel Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval deserted rural settlement located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD193. The site sits upon bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate which provided both foundation and building material for the settlement's inhabitants during the medieval period.
The undifferentiated Llandovery rocks that underlie the site reflect the Ordovician geology of the surrounding landscape. These durable sedimentary deposits would have shaped both the physical setting of the settlement and the resources available to its medieval occupants, who likely constructed their dwellings and associated structures from locally quarried stone.
Like many rural settlements established across Wales during the medieval period, Hafod Ithel was eventually abandoned, leaving behind archaeological traces of its former occupation. The monument now represents an important record of medieval settlement patterns and land use in its locality, with the visible earthworks and subsurface deposits preserving evidence of the community that once inhabited this remote Welsh site.
Hafod Ithel Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD193. View the official record →
Hafod Ithel Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval deserted rural settlement located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD193.
Hafod Ithel Deserted Rural 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.
Hafod Ithel 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 CD193.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Cairns on Mynydd Bach (0.2 km), Hafod Ithel Cairn Cemetery (0.9 km), Ty'n-yr-Eithin Round Cairn (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hafod Ithel 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 Ithel Deserted Rural Settlement stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.