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Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms is a medieval house platform situated on upland terrain in Wales. The settlement lies upon bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a Westphalian-age deposit composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interspersed with coal seams, ironstone and ferricrete layers. This geology shaped both the landscape and the resources available to medieval inhabitants of the site.
The house platform represents a characteristic form of medieval rural settlement, wherein a dwelling was constructed on a deliberately levelled or partially cut into the sloping ground. Such platforms are widespread across Welsh uplands and indicate permanent occupation during the medieval period, when farming communities exploited marginal land for pastoral and arable use. The ferricrete and ironstone naturally present in the local bedrock would have been visible surface materials available to inhabitants.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Heritage Monuments service, under the reference GM093. The site contributes to understanding medieval settlement patterns and land use in upland Wales, where such house platforms remain important archaeological evidence of dispersed farming communities and their relationship to the challenging terrain and geology of the region.
Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM093. View the official record →
Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms is a medieval house platform situated on upland terrain in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM093.
Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms 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.
Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms 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 GM093.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cae Summerhouse Camp (8.3 km), Dan-y-Graig Roman villa (8.5 km), Pre-Norman Stones in Churchyard (9 km).
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Mynydd Ty Talwyn Ancient Farms stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.