Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Retaining wall to the SE of County Hall
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle Hill, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 28 November 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 28 November 2003
- Locality
- Castle Hill
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85521, -4.30495
- Cadw reference
- 82198
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated opposite the Towy Bridge to SE of County Hall above roadside retaining wall.
History
Short stretch of retaining wall to the SE of County Hall terrace, the one section not apparently refaced in mid C20, and presumably including medieval work.
Exterior
Curving section of retaining wall in mixed coloured stone, in contrast to mid C20 and later surrounding retaining walls of rock-faced grey limestone. A small section of rougher walling maybe a piece of medieval wall outlined in a C19 or later reconstruction.
Reason for designation
Included as possibly a fragment of the medieval wall and for group value with the County Hall.
Nearby in the register
- Towy WorksCommercialunder 1 mi
- County HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Towy Bridge (that part in Carmarthen Community)Civilunder 1 mi
- Section of former gaol wallInstitutionalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.