Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwmblaenerw House Platforms
Aberedw, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- House Platform
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 15 September 1999
- Community
- Aberedw
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.15473, -3.30628
- SAM number
- RD170
- Cadw record number
- 848
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 comprises the remains of two circular/rectangular earthen building platforms, which probably date to the prehistoric/Medieval period and are built on sloping ground overlooking Cwmblaenerw Brook.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric/medieval settlement. The monument forms an important element within the wider prehistoric/medieval context and the scheduled area may be expected to contain a wide range of archaeological information, including chronological detail and evidence in regard to construction techniques and agricultural methods. House platforms may be part of a larger cluster of settlement 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 two squares with sides 30m long, centred on the platforms.
Nearby in the register
- Cwmblaenerw Enclosed Long HutLonghouseunder 1 mi
- Fforest Wood Mound & Bailey CastleMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- Old Rectory, including forecourt walls, gate, and railingsDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.