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Cwm-piban Platform House

A Scheduled Monument in Aberedw, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1358 / 52°8'9"N

Longitude: -3.2579 / 3°15'28"W

OS Eastings: 314002

OS Northings: 249361

OS Grid: SO140493

Mapcode National: GBR YV.7QHD

Mapcode Global: VH6B2.HL10

Entry Name: Cwm-piban Platform House

Scheduled Date: 1 June 2000

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1657

Cadw Legacy ID: RD188

Schedule Class: Domestic

Category: Platform house

Period: Medieval

County: Powys

Community: Aberedw

Traditional County: Radnorshire

Description

The monument consists of a platform house, a levelled area of ground on which a house is built. Cwm-piban platform house comprises the lower stone walls or foundation walls of a substantial rectangular shaped building measuring 11m x 6.5m which rests on an earthen platform 19m by 8m in size. The building walls are 1-1.5m wide and 0.6m high.

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 30m x 20m.

Source: Cadw

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