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Maes Coch Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic settlement located in Meirionnydd, Wales, comprising rectangular huts typical of rural Welsh habitation patterns. The site, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM ME196), represents evidence of settlement organization and domestic life in medieval Wales during periods when such rural communities formed the backbone of Welsh society. The rectangular hut structures characteristic of the site reflect common building practices employed in medieval Welsh upland regions, where pastoral and agricultural subsistence economies predominated. The settlement's desertion, like many such rural sites across Wales, reflects the significant changes in settlement patterns and land use that occurred during and after the medieval period.
Maes Coch Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME196. View the official record →
Maes Coch Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic settlement located in Meirionnydd, Wales, comprising rectangular huts typical of rural Welsh habitation patterns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME196.
Maes Coch Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a rectangular hut settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Maes Coch 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 ME196.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maes Coch Hut Circles (0.1 km), Anti-invasion Defences 2000m NE of Cwmrhwyddfor Farm (2.1 km), Llyn Gafr Standing Stone (3.2 km).
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