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Y Gyrn hut platform (N) is a post-medieval and modern house platform located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR390. The site sits on bedrock composed of Lower Devonian rocks, undifferentiated sandstone and conglomerate formed during the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation of interbedded sedimentary stone would have provided a naturally well-draining location suitable for settlement.
The platform represents a dwelling site from the post-medieval or modern period, when such domestic structures were common throughout rural Wales. Hut platforms of this type typically consisted of levelled ground terraces cut into sloping terrain, sometimes with evidence of associated stone foundations or rubble spreads marking the footprints of former buildings.
As a scheduled monument under Cadw's protection, Y Gyrn hut platform (N) forms part of the archaeological record of domestic settlement patterns in the Welsh landscape. The site's survival and protection ensure that this evidence of local building practices and land use during the post-medieval and modern periods remains available for future study and heritage management.
Y Gyrn hut platform (N) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR390. View the official record →
Y Gyrn hut platform (N) is a post-medieval and modern house platform located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR390.
Y Gyrn hut platform (N) dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a house platform. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Y Gyrn hut platform (N) 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 BR390.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Esgair-carnau Burnt Mound (8.5 km), Afon Hepste Settlement Enclosure (8.7 km), Glog Las round cairn (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Y Gyrn hut platform (N)'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.
Y Gyrn hut platform (N) stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.