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Pant-y-Blodau Deserted Rural Settlement is a post-medieval domestic site in Breconshire, Wales, comprising a rectangular hut structure representative of rural settlement patterns in the region during the early modern period. The monument consists of the remains of a simple rectangular dwelling, characteristic of the modest agricultural communities that occupied the upland areas of Breconshire during the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. The site's abandonment reflects the broader patterns of rural depopulation and agricultural change that affected Welsh upland settlements from the medieval period onwards. The rectangular hut form and construction methods evident at Pant-y-Blodau contribute to our understanding of vernacular domestic architecture and the material conditions of rural life in post-medieval Wales.
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 domestic site in Breconshire, Wales, comprising a rectangular hut structure representative of rural settlement patterns in the region during the early modern period. 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 Britain.
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).
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