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Hendai Medieval Farmstead is a post-medieval and modern farmstead located in Wales. The site is protected by Cadw, the historic monuments service of Wales, under the reference number AN108. The farmstead occupies land underlain by Neoproterozoic hornblende schist, a metamorphic rock formed during the ancient geological upheavals that shaped the Welsh landscape over 540 million years ago. This ancient bedrock would have presented both challenges and resources to successive generations of farmers establishing their holdings on this site.
The farmstead represents the continuation of rural settlement patterns that evolved following the medieval period. Post-medieval farmsteads such as Hendai developed from earlier medieval agricultural communities, adapting to changing economic and social conditions whilst remaining rooted to the same landscapes. The hornblende schist foundation, typical of upland Wales, influenced the availability of building stone and the nature of the surrounding terrain that farmers would have worked.
Today, Hendai Medieval Farmstead survives as a testament to the enduring relationship between Welsh communities and their land. Its protection by Cadw recognises the importance of understanding how rural settlement, land use and building practices developed across Wales from the medieval period onwards, and how these were shaped by the geological character of the Welsh countryside.
Hendai Medieval Farmstead is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN108. View the official record →
Hendai Medieval Farmstead is a post-medieval and modern farmstead located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference AN108.
Hendai Medieval Farmstead dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a farmstead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hendai Medieval Farmstead 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 AN108.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Dwynwen's Church (2.1 km), Llys Rhosyr (2.2 km), Tywyn-y-Parc Promontory Fort (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hendai Medieval Farmstead'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.
Hendai Medieval Farmstead stands on Unnamed Metamorphic Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is hornblende schist.