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Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr is a Post Medieval earthwork located in Breconshire, Wales, consisting of a series of ridge and furrow formations characteristic of medieval and early modern agricultural practice. These elongated mounds, known as pillow mounds or ridge and furrow, reflect the cultivation techniques employed in the region during the Post Medieval period, when such ridge systems were created through repeated ploughing and the accumulation of soil between furrows. The site demonstrates the historical development of agricultural land use in Breconshire and provides physical evidence of subsistence farming practices that shaped the landscape over several centuries. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the Welsh heritage designation system.
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR173. View the official record →
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr is a Post Medieval earthwork located in Breconshire, Wales, consisting of a series of ridge and furrow formations characteristic of medieval and early modern agricultural practice. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR173.
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a pillow mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr 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 BR173.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Blast Furnaces at Banwen (3.5 km), Section of Road NE of Coelbren Fort (3.6 km), Coelbren Fort (3.7 km).
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