Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Retaining wall to the SE of County Hall
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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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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 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.