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Latitude: 52.1487 / 52°8'55"N
Longitude: -3.2569 / 3°15'24"W
OS Eastings: 314094
OS Northings: 250789
OS Grid: SO140507
Mapcode National: GBR YV.6YJS
Mapcode Global: VH6B2.H8K5
Entry Name: Cefn Wylfre Platform House
Scheduled Date: 1 June 2000
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 1622
Cadw Legacy ID: RD179
Schedule Class: Domestic
Category: Platform house
Period: Medieval
County: Powys
Community: Aberedw
Traditional County: Radnorshire
The monument consists of a platform house, a levelled area of ground on which a house is built.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. a platform house may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is a rectangle and measures 40m x 30m.
Source: Cadw
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