Craig Cerrig-gleisiad

Also known as:
Cwm Cerrig-gleisiad
Nearest town:
Brecon (9km NE)
OS reference:
SN96532233
OS sheet:
160
Latitude:
51° 53' 21.89 N
Longitude:
3° 30' 13.26 W
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Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The track to the settlement beneath the sheltering cliffs, in beautiful May sunshine.

Image credit: A. Brookes (15.5.2010)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 8, 2020
Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Overview of the settlement site from Craig Cerrig-gleisiad.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 13, 2017
Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Aerial view of the settlement site – the frankly perfectly sheltered settlement site – from the magnificent cliff line of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad. Fan Frynych’s ancient cairn can be discerned top right.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 13, 2017
Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Elevated view of the site. Pen y Fan and Corn Du dominate the whole area.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 12, 2014
Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The stream that bisects the site, providing a fresh water supply.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 12, 2014
Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

General view of the site. The bracken covered features are stone-built banks, either from the prehistoric settlement or the later medieval overlay.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 12, 2014
Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Fragmentary structural remains within the settlement, possibly one of the hut circles.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 12, 2014
Image of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The track that leads to the settlement, with the cliffs of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad providing shelter to the site.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 12, 2014

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Craig Cerrig-gleisiad
Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 12, 2014

Information from the Clwyd Powys Archaelogical Trust HER:

The earlier settlement complex occupies the E.-facing outer slope of the cwm between 402 and 442 m above O.D., and measures 160 m (E.-W.) by 140 m (N.-S.) It comprises a group of hillslope-set scooped enclosures including hut circles and associated embankments.

The most norwesterly is a pair of roughly circular hut platforms set upon a natural, boulder-strewn semi-circular rush-grown terrace to the N. of the stream which now drains the cwm. The hut embankments recognised here by the O.S. in 1976 were difficult to distinguish with confidence in 1981 and 1991. This hut group lies immediately outside, which is a subrectangular enclosure embanked by rubble walls up to 3 m wide and 0.4 m high, the longer axis aligned N.N.W.- S.S.E. (of c. 35 m by 23 m). This is bisected unequally by the stream, leaving a smaller, more incomplete enclosed area on the N. bank, whilst an internal E.-W. dividing bank makes a full enclosure of the steeply-sloping southern part, which is entered through a gap about 2 m wide about halfway down the E. side. Protruding from the S. terminal is a linear outwork curving away a few metres to the N.

The setting is part of a beautiful nature reserve, below some of the most striking cliffs in the Brecon Beacons.

ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/special-landscapes--sites/protected-landscapes/national-nature-reserves/craig-cerrig-gleisiad-a-fan-fr.aspx

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