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Y Cwrt is a deserted rural settlement in Breconshire, Wales, comprising the remains of a medieval domestic platform house dating to the medieval period. The site consists of a raised platform, characteristic of medieval Welsh rural dwellings, upon which a stone or timber structure once stood, representing the typical settlement pattern of upland pastoral communities in this region. Such platform houses reflect the domestic architecture of free Welsh landholders and their tenantry during the medieval centuries, and their abandonment often relates to changes in land use, economic pressures, or migration during and after the late medieval period. The site is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the Cadw designation SAM BR299.
Y Cwrt Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR299. View the official record →
Y Cwrt is a deserted rural settlement in Breconshire, Wales, comprising the remains of a medieval domestic platform house dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR299.
Y Cwrt Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a platform house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Y Cwrt 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 BR299.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tramroad Bridge, Bailey's Tramroad, Govilon (8.2 km), Iron Furnace SW of Clydach (8.4 km), St. Faith's Churchyard Cross, Llanfoist (8.5 km).
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