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Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural Settlement is a post-medieval rectangular hut situated on Pridoli bedrock in Wales. The underlying geology of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone would have provided readily available building material for the structure's construction, typical of rural settlements in this period where stone was quarried locally and fashioned into walls. The rectangular plan represents a common domestic form of the post-medieval era, when such simple stone buildings housed farming families across the Welsh countryside.
The settlement's abandonment reflects broader patterns of rural depopulation and agricultural reorganisation that affected many remote Welsh communities from the post-medieval period onwards. The hut's modest dimensions and straightforward construction indicate a dwelling of modest means, likely occupied by tenant farmers or smallholders working marginal upland terrain.
The monument is protected by Cadw under reference BR288, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of historical settlement patterns and domestic life in rural Wales. The site contributes to understanding how ordinary people inhabited and exploited the Welsh landscape during the post-medieval and modern periods.
Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR288. View the official record →
Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural Settlement is a post-medieval rectangular hut situated on Pridoli bedrock in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR288.
Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a rectangular hut. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pant-y-Blodau 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 BR288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blaen Clydach Fach round cairn (6.5 km), Gilfach, Round Cairn 500m WSW of (7.3 km), Trecastle Mound and Bailey Castle (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural Settlement'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.
Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural Settlement stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.