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Nant y Baracs is a deserted rural settlement in Ceredigion, Wales, comprising post-medieval domestic structures including a longhouse. The site represents the pattern of dispersed upland settlement characteristic of the Welsh countryside during the post-medieval period, when such enclosed farmsteads served as centres of pastoral agriculture in marginal landscape. The longhouse structure, a building form common across Wales during this era, would have accommodated both domestic and agricultural functions within a single integrated plan. The settlement's abandonment reflects the broader processes of rural depopulation and agricultural reorganisation that affected such upland communities in later centuries.
Nant y Baracs Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD277. View the official record →
Nant y Baracs is a deserted rural settlement in Ceredigion, Wales, comprising post-medieval domestic structures including a longhouse. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD277.
Nant y Baracs Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a longhouse. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Nant y Baracs 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 CD277.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llys Arthur, Dyffryn-Castell (7.3 km), Carn Dol-Gau (8 km), Castell Lead Mine (8.1 km).
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