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Caer Fawr Medieval Settlement is a house platform situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ordovician mafic tuff, an ancient volcanic rock formed over 440 million years ago. The site's geological foundation of extrusive rocks reflects the region's dramatic volcanic past, which shaped the landscape occupied by medieval inhabitants. The platform represents a domestic dwelling from the medieval period, preserved as an earthwork feature that marks where a house once stood.
The settlement occupies a landscape of considerable antiquity, its medieval occupation layer resting upon Ordovician geology. House platforms of this type are characteristic of dispersed rural settlement in Wales, representing individual farmsteads rather than nucleated villages. Such sites provide archaeological evidence for medieval agricultural communities and their use of the Welsh countryside.
Caer Fawr is protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments authority, under reference RD164. This statutory protection recognises the site's significance as a record of medieval settlement patterns and domestic life in Wales. The monument's survival as an earthwork allows the medieval settlement hierarchy and land use of the region to be studied and understood.
Caer Fawr Medieval Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD164. View the official record →
Caer Fawr Medieval Settlement is a house platform situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ordovician mafic tuff, an ancient volcanic rock formed over 440 million years ago. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD164.
Caer Fawr Medieval Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a house platform. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Caer Fawr Medieval Settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is RD164.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aberedw Hill Deserted Rural Settlement (4.1 km), Aberedw Hill Round Barrows (4.1 km), Llwyn-y-wrach standing stone (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Caer Fawr Medieval Settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Caer Fawr Medieval Settlement stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic tuff.