Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Drysgol Platform
St. Harmon, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in St. Harmon, Powys, recorded as Platform house (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Platform house
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 22 December 1999
- Community
- St. Harmon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.35301, -3.54152
- SAM number
- RD176
- Cadw record number
- 1617
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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)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (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. The Dyrysgol platform is an example of an unusually long earthen platform built in to a south facing slope overlooking the Marcheini Fawr river. The platform measures over 35m in length and is defined by earthen banks which extend along both sides and across the lower end. There is evidence suggesting that there are structural remains, possibly a house, below the present surface. The platform conforms to a type rare in Wales.
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 a rectangle and measures 25m x 50m.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone on A470No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Cilrhye, including attached farm rangesNo class recorded1 mi
- Cwm Sidywal settlementsSettlement1 mi
- Milestone on A470No class recorded1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.