Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gellidywyll Platform Settlement
Glascwm, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Rural Settlement
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 20 January 2000
- Community
- Glascwm
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.16688, -3.25402
- SAM number
- RD168
- Cadw record number
- 855
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a deserted rural settlement, probably dating to the medieval or post-medieval period and loacted on part of the the south facing hillside of Gellidywll. There are six substantial earth platforms, varying in length from 9m to 23m. There are no visible remains of building foundations.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval or post-medieval settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A deserted rural settlement 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.
Nearby in the register
- The YatDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box at road junction in centre of GlascwmCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- BrooksideNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.