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Y Gyrn hut platforms is a post-medieval and modern house platform located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR392. The site preserves the levelled foundation traces of domestic occupation spanning the post-medieval period into modern times. Such platforms represent a practical response to settlement on sloping ground, where inhabitants cut into the hillside to create flat building surfaces, a common approach to house construction across rural Wales.
The monument sits upon Lower Devonian bedrock, composed of alternating layers of sandstone and conglomerate that were laid down in shallow marine environments during the Early Devonian period. This geology would have presented both challenges and opportunities to the builders: the harder rock layers would have required effort to level, but once prepared, the underlying stone provided a stable foundation resistant to erosion and subsidence.
The hut platforms at Y Gyrn document continuity of settlement and adaptation of the landscape for domestic purposes across several centuries. Evidence of such long-lived occupation sites contributes to understanding patterns of rural habitation and land use in post-medieval Wales, revealing how communities sustainably modified their immediate environment to establish homes within the constraints of the local topography and geology.
Y Gyrn hut platforms is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR392. View the official record →
Y Gyrn hut platforms is a post-medieval and modern house platform located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR392.
Y Gyrn hut platforms 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 platforms 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 BR392.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Esgair-carnau Burnt Mound (8.3 km), Afon Hepste Settlement Enclosure (8.5 km), Glog Las round cairn (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Y Gyrn hut platforms'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 platforms stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.