Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gwern Wynodl Hafod
Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llandrillo, Denbighshire, recorded as Platform house (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Platform house
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 27 May 1999
- Community
- Llandrillo
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.90796, -3.42212
- SAM number
- DE247
- Cadw record number
- 1585
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 136 Bala (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of two platform houses, a levelled area of ground on which a house is built. The main platform, which is dug into the natural slope supports the foundations of a stone building measuring 6m x 4m. The building comprised two rooms, with a porch entrance at the northern end. The second platform lies adjacent to the above and is smaller in size. Both lie within an earth and rubble banked enclosure measuring 40m x 43m with a single entrance. The original track to the settlement appears to lead in to the south-west.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. a platform house may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is square with sides measuring 80m long.
Nearby in the register
- Platform Settlement by Clochnant E of CadwstUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Ffridd Camen Long HutRectangular hutunder 1 mi
- Ffridd Camen HafodyddPlatform houseunder 1 mi
- Ring Cairn E of Ffridd CamenRing Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.