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Ffridd-y-Fedw Platform House is a medieval platform house located in Wales. The structure occupies a deliberately levelled platform cut into the landscape, a common settlement form in medieval Wales where level building ground was created by excavation and infill into sloping terrain. The site sits upon Caradoc Rocks of Caradocian age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have provided firm geological foundations. This bedrock geology is typical of central and mid-Wales upland regions and would have influenced both the construction method and the durability of any platform engineering undertaken here.
Platform houses represent a distinctive form of medieval Welsh domestic settlement, typically occupied between the 12th and 16th centuries. The deliberate earthwork modification visible at Ffridd-y-Fedw reflects the effort invested by its medieval occupants to establish a sustainable homestead in upland country, where natural level ground was scarce. Such sites often developed into permanent settlements, with the platform itself becoming hardened through repeated occupation and use.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference CN305, ensuring its preservation as evidence of medieval Welsh rural settlement patterns and landscape management practices.
Ffridd-y-Fedw Platform House is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN305. View the official record →
Ffridd-y-Fedw Platform House is a medieval platform house located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN305.
Ffridd-y-Fedw 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.
Ffridd-y-Fedw 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 CN305.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carnedd y Filiast Cairn (4.6 km), Hut group SSW of Cefngarw, Ysbyty (5 km), Garnedd Wen Cairn (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ffridd-y-Fedw 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.
Ffridd-y-Fedw Platform House stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.