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Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S) is a post-medieval or modern house platform situated in Wales, protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference BR393. The site represents the earthwork remains of a domestic dwelling from the period following the medieval age, preserved as a levelled or terraced platform in the landscape where the structure once stood.
The monument rests upon Lower Devonian bedrock of undifferentiated composition, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate laid down during the Early Devonian period around 400 million years ago. This solid geological foundation would have provided stable ground for the original building and explains the platform's durability and survival to the present day.
House platforms of this type are common across rural Wales and often mark the sites of small farmsteads or dwellings occupied from the 16th century onwards. The survival of Y Gyrn Hut Platform as an earthwork feature, despite the removal or decay of any standing structure, demonstrates the lasting imprint left by domestic occupation on the Welsh landscape and provides archaeological evidence of settlement patterns and land use over several centuries.
Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR393. View the official record →
Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S) is a post-medieval or modern house platform situated in Wales, protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference BR393.
Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S) 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 (S) 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 BR393.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Esgair-carnau Burnt Mound (8.2 km), Afon Hepste Settlement Enclosure (8.4 km), Glog Las round cairn (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S)'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 (S) stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.