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New Radnor: Interior of Medieval Town is a medieval house platform situated within the planned settlement of New Radnor in Wales. The structure sits upon bedrock of Wenlock Rocks, a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that dates to the Wenlock period. This geological foundation would have presented both advantages and challenges to medieval builders, offering stable ground whilst the mixture of rock types may have influenced drainage patterns across the interior of the town.
The platform represents evidence of domestic occupation within the medieval urban layout, preserved as earthwork remains that reveal how the town's interior was utilised for residential settlement. Such house platforms are characteristic features of planned medieval towns, demonstrating the spatial organisation of domestic activity within the burgage plots that typically formed the backbone of these communities.
The site is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage monuments organisation, under the reference RD152, reflecting its significance as part of the archaeological heritage of medieval Wales. The survival of these earthwork features within the town's interior provides valuable information about medieval settlement patterns and domestic life in this part of Wales.
New Radnor: Interior of Medieval Town is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD152. View the official record →
New Radnor: Interior of Medieval Town is a medieval house platform situated within the planned settlement of New Radnor in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD152.
New Radnor: Interior of Medieval Town 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.
New Radnor: Interior of Medieval Town 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 RD152.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gilwern Brook round barrow (5.4 km), Llanfihangel Hill round barrow (5.7 km), Worsell Wood cairn cemetery (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of New Radnor: Interior of Medieval Town'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.
New Radnor: Interior of Medieval Town stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.