© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Cadw
Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval house platform located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD185. The site represents a form of rural habitation typical of the medieval period, when dispersed settlements of individual farmsteads were common across the Welsh landscape. House platforms such as this one are the archaeological remains of domestic buildings that have long since vanished above ground, their former structure and walls now visible only as earthwork features in the topography.
The monument sits on bedrock formed from Ludlow rocks—a geological formation comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. These sedimentary deposits of Ludlow age create a landscape characteristic of much of the Welsh borderlands and central Wales. The underlying geology would have influenced both the siting of the settlement and the agricultural potential of surrounding land, factors that determined where medieval communities chose to establish their farms.
Deserted rural settlements are significant archaeological witnesses to changes in medieval settlement patterns and land use. Their abandonment—whether due to economic factors, disease, migration or shifts in agricultural practice—reflects the fluid nature of medieval society. The earthwork remains at Lettypeod preserve evidence of how rural communities organised their domestic space and landscape in this formative historical period.
Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD185. View the official record →
Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval house platform located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD185.
Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a house platform. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement 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 RD185.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bailey Bedw Ring Cairn (4.6 km), Maesgwyn round barrow (5.2 km), Clyro Castle (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement'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.
Lettypeod Deserted Rural Settlement stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.