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Moelfre Hill Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic site situated in Radnorshire, Wales, comprising remains of platform houses and associated settlement features. The site dates to the medieval period and represents the archaeological traces of rural habitation typical of upland Welsh settlement patterns, where dwellings were constructed on artificially levelled platforms cut into sloping terrain to create level building surfaces. The physical remains visible today consist of these characteristic platform features, which would have supported timber or stone structures, along with the surrounding settlement infrastructure. Such deserted rural settlements provide important evidence of medieval Welsh domestic life and the organisation of settlement in upland agricultural landscapes.
Moelfre Hill Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD171. View the official record →
Moelfre Hill Deserted Rural Settlement is a medieval domestic site situated in Radnorshire, Wales, comprising remains of platform houses and associated settlement features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD171.
Moelfre Hill Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a platform house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Moelfre Hill 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 RD171.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhos Crug Round Barrows (5.7 km), Ffoeslaprey Settlement (5.9 km), Rhos-crug hut platform (W) (6.1 km).
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