Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wall at Monk Haven
St. Ishmael's, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 August 1998
- Locality
- Monk Haven
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- St. Ishmael's
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71473, -5.14510
- Cadw reference
- 20347
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the coast at Monk Haven, running E to W just above the high water mark.
History
Boundary wall across back of Monk Haven beach, the date and purpose unknown, but said to be associated with the Trewarren estate, and therefore post 1845. The stonework seems to match that on the folly tower E of the bay.
Exterior
Tall boundary wall, divided into two. Red rubble sandstone, with rubble battlements, the outer third of each wall stepped up and also battlemented. The wall may have originally been continuous with a door in the centre, but now a full-height opening.
Reason for designation
Included as a picturesque screen wall, a significant feature of Monk Haven and part of the Trewarren estate.
Nearby in the register
- Folly SE of Monk HavenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Monk Haven ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St IshmaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- TrewarrenDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.