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This research aims to synthesize archaeological findings in Four Crosses and reinterpret historical land use and social structures.

June 13, 2026Open Access

Four Crosses, Powys: a borderland landscape revisited

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This research aims to synthesize archaeological findings in Four Crosses and reinterpret historical land use and social structures.
Synthesis of published and unpublished archaeological results from various organizations since the 1980s.
Reinterpretation and redating of previously published data.
Examination of funerary activity and land division from prehistoric to early historic periods.
Identified connections between funerary practices and land division across different time periods.
Proposed new interpretations of land use based on archaeological evidence.
Highlighted the social hierarchies likely present in the region from prehistoric to early historic times.

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Four Crosses in northern Powys lies within a regionally important multiperiod landscape at a nodal point within the Welsh borderland, now under pressure from development. The article attempts a synthesis of the results of published and unpublished archaeological projects that have been undertaken within this landscape since the 1980s by numerous organisations, set within a broader regional framework. It proposes a reinterpretation and redating of some previously published material and examines in particular the evidence of funerary activity and land division from prehistoric to early historic times and how these may relate to land use and social hierarchies.

Four Crosses, Powys: a borderland landscape revisited

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