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Medieval House Site, Llantrithyd is a medieval domestic enclosure situated in the Vale of Glamorgan. The settlement is founded upon Dinantian rocks—a complex of limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous beds laid down during the Mississippian period. This mixed geology would have provided both building stone and clay for construction, resources exploited by medieval settlers seeking to establish a permanent homestead in this fertile lowland region.
The enclosure represents the characteristic settlement pattern of rural medieval Wales, where domestic occupation was typically defined by substantial boundary banks or ditches. Such sites are common throughout south Wales but often remain difficult to date precisely without archaeological excavation. The surviving earthworks at Llantrithyd preserve the layout of the medieval holding, indicating the scale and organisation of domestic activity during the medieval period.
The site is now protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference GM282, ensuring the preservation of its earthwork remains. This designation reflects the archaeological and historical importance of medieval settlement sites as evidence for land use, social organisation and daily life in medieval Wales. The monument contributes to our understanding of how medieval communities adapted to the local landscape and geology in developing their settlements.
Medieval House Site, Llantrithyd is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM282. View the official record →
Medieval House Site, Llantrithyd is a medieval domestic enclosure situated in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM282.
Medieval House Site, Llantrithyd dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure - domestic. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Medieval House Site, Llantrithyd 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 GM282.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including East Orchard Manor House (5 km), East Orchard Wood Pillbox (5.3 km), West Orchard Manor House (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Medieval House Site, Llantrithyd'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.
Medieval House Site, Llantrithyd stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.