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Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform is a medieval house platform situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Llandovery sandstone and conglomerate. The underlying geology provided building stone readily available to medieval occupants constructing their dwelling on this site. The platform represents the flattened or deliberately prepared ground surface where a domestic building once stood, a common settlement pattern in medieval Wales during the period when dispersed farmsteads characterised the rural landscape.
The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, recorded under reference CD196. This designation recognises the platform's archaeological significance as evidence of medieval domestic occupation and settlement patterns. The preservation of such platforms is important for understanding how medieval Welsh communities organised their settlements and adapted their buildings to the local topography and available materials.
House platforms of this type typically date to the medieval period and represent domestic structures that have since disappeared above ground level. Their survival as earthworks allows archaeologists to map settlement distribution and reconstruct the pattern of medieval habitation across the Welsh countryside. The platform at Llethr Bryn y Gorlan contributes to this broader understanding of medieval Welsh rural life and settlement organisation.
Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD196. View the official record →
Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform is a medieval house platform situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Llandovery sandstone and conglomerate. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD196.
Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform 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.
Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform 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 CD196.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gelli Burial Chamber (8.2 km), Ty Newydd Standing Stone (8.2 km), Crugiau Merched Cairns (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform'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.
Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.