Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Moelfre Hill Deserted Rural Settlement
Llanbister, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanbister, Powys, recorded as Platform house (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Platform house
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 10 November 1999
- Community
- Llanbister
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.37599, -3.29856
- SAM number
- RD171
- Cadw record number
- 849
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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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 a platform house, a levelled area of ground on which a house is built. There are stone foundations of a building, set upon an earth platform within a large banked enclosure, which has been subdivided into four or more internal enclosures, apparently contemporary with the dwelling.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Gors Lydan Round BarrowsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Church of St PadarnNo class recorded2 mi
- Llananno Royal Observer Corps Monitoring PostObservation Post2 mi
- Little Cwm Llechwedd, including attached cow houseNo class recorded2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.