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Long Hut North of Cwm Farm is a medieval rectangular hut situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN309. The monument occupies land underlain by Llanvirn rocks of the Whiterock period, a geology of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have influenced both the site's drainage and the materials available for construction. Such sedimentary bedrock, characteristic of upland Welsh valleys, typically supports rough pasture and moorland, the landscape in which this hut was built.
The hut takes the form of a simple rectangular structure, a common dwelling type throughout the Welsh medieval period from the twelfth century onwards. Buildings of this form served as longhouses or farmsteads, combining domestic and agricultural functions within a single roof. The open moorland setting, away from nucleated settlement, reflects the dispersed pattern of medieval habitation in upland Wales, where pastoral farming and transhumance shaped both the economy and the built environment.
Little is recorded of the hut's construction or internal arrangements, yet its survival as an earthwork monument allows future study of rural medieval settlement patterns in this region. Such structures contribute to understanding how communities adapted to upland terrain and how the Welsh landscape was organised during the medieval centuries.
Long Hut North of Cwm Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN309. View the official record →
Long Hut North of Cwm Farm is a medieval rectangular hut situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN309.
Long Hut North of Cwm Farm dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a rectangular hut. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Long Hut North of Cwm Farm 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 CN309.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Pentyrch Camp (4.4 km), St Cybi's Well (4.8 km), Cross-Incised Stone in Llangybi Churchyard (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Long Hut North of Cwm Farm'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.
Long Hut North of Cwm Farm stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.