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Moated Site 670m NE of Lower Penwaun is a medieval moated homestead located in Breconshire, Wales. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding a central platform that once supported domestic and agricultural structures, typical of the moated sites that proliferated across Wales and the English borderlands during the medieval period. Though precise dating is uncertain, the monument is consistent with settlement patterns of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, when such fortified enclosures served as residences for minor gentry and substantial farmers seeking defensive advantages and status display. The site remains an important archaeological record of medieval rural settlement and territorial organisation in upland Breconshire.
Moated Site 670m NE of Lower Penwaun is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR180. View the official record →
Moated Site 670m NE of Lower Penwaun is a medieval moated homestead located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR180.
Moated Site 670m NE of Lower Penwaun dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a moated site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Moated Site 670m NE of Lower Penwaun 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 BR180.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Peterstone (5.3 km), Cross-Slab in Church (5.6 km), Ty Illtyd Long Barrow (5.9 km).
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