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Harold's House (site of) is a medieval domestic structure located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MM029. The house occupied land underlain by Triassic sandstone and conglomerate, geological deposits formed over 250 million years ago when this region lay beneath shallow seas and river systems. This solid bedrock would have provided stable ground for construction, though the interbedded nature of the sandstone and conglomerate meant variable soil conditions across the building plot.
The site represents the remains of a medieval residential dwelling, a building type that formed the domestic heart of Welsh communities during the medieval period. Such houses typically comprised timber-framed structures, sometimes with stone foundations or partial stone walls, designed to provide shelter and serve as the centre of household activities for a family and their dependants.
The survival of Harold's House as a recorded archaeological site reflects its significance within the medieval settlement pattern of Wales. Though now reduced to earthworks or subsurface remains, the site continues to be monitored and protected, contributing to the understanding of how medieval Welsh households were organised spatially and materially across the varied geology of the Welsh landscape.
Harold's House (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM029. View the official record →
Harold's House (site of) is a medieval domestic structure located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MM029.
Harold's House (site of) dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a house (domestic). It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Harold's House (site of) 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 MM029.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Portskewett (0.1 km), Sudbrook Camp and Sudbrook Chapel (1 km), Enclosure revealed by Aerial Photography (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Harold's House (site of)'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.
Harold's House (site of) stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.