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Partrishow Hill is a medieval platform house, consisting of two terraced platforms cut into the eastern slope of the hillside. The structures are protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference BR416. The site exploits the natural topography of the Lower Devonian sandstone and conglomerate bedrock, typical of the geology underlying much of south Wales, allowing the builders to level ground for settlement on what would otherwise have been an unstable slope.
Platform houses of this type represent a widespread form of medieval rural settlement in Wales, particularly common in upland and sloping terrain where level ground was scarce. The two platforms at Partrishow Hill suggest a domestic layout serving the needs of a medieval household, with platforms terraced into the hillside to provide stable foundations for timber or stone structures.
The monument survives as earthwork evidence of medieval settlement patterns in the Welsh landscape. Its position on the eastern exposure of the hill would have afforded some shelter from prevailing westerly weather while allowing good drainage through the underlying sandstone geology. The site contributes to the archaeological record of medieval rural occupation in this region of Wales, where such platform dwellings remain a characteristic feature of the medieval settlement hierarchy.
Two platform buildings on eastern side of Partrishow Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR416. View the official record →
Partrishow Hill is a medieval platform house, consisting of two terraced platforms cut into the eastern slope of the hillside. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR416.
Two platform buildings on eastern side of Partrishow Hill dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a platform house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Two platform buildings on eastern side of Partrishow Hill 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 BR416.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Abergavenny Bridge (7.9 km), Abergavenny Roman Fort (8 km), Abergavenny Castle (8.1 km).
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Two platform buildings on eastern side of Partrishow Hill stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.