Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Platform Settlement by Clochnant E of Cadwst
Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llandrillo, Denbighshire, recorded as Unenclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 22 March 1994
- Community
- Llandrillo
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.90578, -3.41856
- SAM number
- ME148
- Cadw record number
- 532
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 monument comprises the well-preserved remains of a settlement consisting of three contiguous house platforms cut into a SW facing slope to the north of the Clochnant stream. The site probably dates from the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400) and consists of two conjoined circular houses with a third sub-rectangular structure to their north, with a series of stone banks surrounding the houses. The largest house
is 19m in diameter, the smaller one to its south is 15m in diameter, both comprising circular stone banks with level interiors. The sub-rectangular structure immediately to their north is 20m long. They lie on enclosed
unimproved moorland.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement practices. It is an important relic of the prehistoric landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of environmental and structural evidence, including preserved internal and external floor levels. The settlement forms part of a wider prehistoric landscape in Y Berwyn which increases its significance further.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Gwern Wynodl HafodPlatform houseunder 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.