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Ffridd Camen Hafodydd is a medieval platform house located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference DE250. The structure represents a characteristic form of upland settlement common across medieval Wales, where dwellings were constructed on artificially levelled platforms cut into sloping terrain to create level building ground. The platform technique was particularly practical in areas of rough topography where natural flat ground was scarce.
The site rests upon Caradoc Rocks of Caradocian age, a bedrock composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have provided a firm foundation for the platform's construction. These fine-grained sedimentary rocks, typical of the Welsh landscape, offered quarryable material and stable ground conditions suitable for medieval settlement. The local geology thus directly influenced both the feasibility and methods of construction at this location.
Platform houses of this type typically date from the medieval period and served farming families in upland regions. The creation of a level platform was labour-intensive but essential for constructing timber-framed or stone buildings on steep Welsh hillsides. Such settlements represent important evidence of medieval land use patterns and demonstrate how communities adapted their building practices to suit challenging landscape conditions in pursuit of pastoral farming and subsistence agriculture.
Ffridd Camen Hafodydd is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE250. View the official record →
Ffridd Camen Hafodydd is a medieval platform house located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference DE250.
Ffridd Camen Hafodydd 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.
Ffridd Camen Hafodydd 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 DE250.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwm Rhiwiau Stone Circle (4.3 km), Rhos-y-Beddau Stone Circle, Avenue and Cairn (4.6 km), Foel Cwm Sian Llŵyd cairn (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ffridd Camen Hafodydd'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.
Ffridd Camen Hafodydd stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.