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Hen Ddinbych Circular Platforms is a medieval domestic enclosure located in Denbighshire, Wales, comprising a series of circular earthwork platforms that represent the remains of a settlement site. The site dates to the medieval period and exhibits characteristics typical of Welsh rural settlement patterns, with the platforms suggesting the former locations of structures within a defined enclosure. The physical remains consist of circular or sub-circular raised platforms, which are characteristic of medieval domestic sites in Wales where such features often indicate the positions of timber or stone buildings. The monument is of archaeological significance for understanding medieval settlement organisation and land use in the region, and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the Cadw designation system.
Hen Ddinbych Circular Platforms is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE086. View the official record →
Hen Ddinbych Circular Platforms is a medieval domestic enclosure located in Denbighshire, Wales, comprising a series of circular earthwork platforms that represent the remains of a settlement site. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE086.
Hen Ddinbych Circular Platforms dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Hen Ddinbych Circular Platforms 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 DE086.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn (3 km), Cae Ddunod Camp (4.4 km), Ffridd Brynhelen Enclosures & Fields (4.7 km).
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