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Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common is a medieval domestic settlement consisting of levelled platforms and associated earthworks located on Gelligaer Common in Glamorgan, Wales. The site comprises a series of platform houses typical of upland Welsh settlement, with structures built on artificially levelled terraces cut into the hillside to provide level building ground in difficult terrain. Dating to the medieval period, these platforms represent the remains of residential occupation adapted to the topography of the common. The settlement demonstrates the pattern of dispersed upland habitation characteristic of medieval Wales, where small domestic platforms served individual family units across the moorland landscape.
Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM311. View the official record →
Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common is a medieval domestic settlement consisting of levelled platforms and associated earthworks located on Gelligaer Common in Glamorgan, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM311.
Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a platform house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common 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 GM311.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Capel Gwladys (3.3 km), Fforest Gwladys Roman practice camp (3.7 km), Coed Cae Round Cairns (3.7 km).
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