CWM CROGAU, DESERTED SETTLEMENT
Site Details
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NPRN 309904
Map Reference SO17NW
Grid Reference SO12317710
Unitary (Local) Authority Powys
Old County Radnorshire
Community Llanbister
Type of Site DESERTED RURAL SETTLEMENT, ENCLOSURE COMPLEX
Broad Class AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE
Period Post Medieval, Medieval
Site Description Two banked enclosures set close by the N bank of the stream in Cwm Crogau. The N-most is subrectangular, in the order of 10-15m N-S by 5.0-7.5m, on the S banks run down to the stream, enclosing a rectangular area. The complex is c.30m across overall.
Possibly a settlement, or folds.
The upper 0.6km of Cwm Crogau, within which these features are found, is enclosed by a bank/wall, segregating an area c.70-125m across.
J.Wiles 23.01.04
