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Cefn Wylfre Platform House is a medieval platform house situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ludlow rocks, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. The site is built upon geology formed during the Ludlow period, which provides a stable foundation of mixed sedimentary deposits typical of the Welsh landscape. This geological setting would have offered reasonable drainage and workable ground for medieval settlement.
Platform houses represent a distinctive form of medieval domestic architecture found across Wales and the Welsh borderlands. Built upon deliberately levelled or terraced ground, these structures typically comprised a single or multi-chambered residence raised upon an artificially constructed platform, often accompanied by associated outbuildings. The platform served practical purposes, improving drainage and visibility whilst creating a defensible domestic space suited to the dispersed settlement patterns of medieval Wales.
Cefn Wylfre Platform House survives as an archaeological monument of regional significance, reflecting the domestic settlement strategies of medieval Welsh communities. The site is protected by Cadw under reference RD179, recognising its importance for understanding medieval settlement, land use and social organisation in Wales. The surviving earthwork remains preserve evidence of domestic life and landscape management during the medieval period.
Cefn Wylfre Platform House is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD179. View the official record →
Cefn Wylfre Platform House is a medieval platform house situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ludlow rocks, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD179.
Cefn Wylfre Platform House dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a platform house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cefn Wylfre Platform House 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 RD179.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Begwns standing stone (5.9 km), Castle Mound 400m N of Cefnige (6.1 km), Begwns round cairn (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cefn Wylfre Platform House'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.
Cefn Wylfre Platform House stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.