Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hafoty Medieval House
Cwm Cadnant, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cwm Cadnant, Isle of Anglesey, recorded as House (domestic) (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- House (domestic)
- Period
- Medieval
- Welsh name
- Tŷ Canoloesol Hafoty
- Community
- Cwm Cadnant
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.28083, -4.15792
- SAM number
- AN097
- Cadw record number
- 2538
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 94 Beaumaris (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a medieval house, probably dating to the 14th century. The house has two storeys and a semi-basement and is H-shaped in plan. It contains a central hall and flanking wings with solar, kitchen, buttery etc. In the 16th century the fireplace chimney stack in the hall was added and various alterations were made in the 17th century. Hafoty was the home of Henry Norris, Constable of Beaumaris in 1535.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement and domestic activity. 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 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.
Nearby in the register
- Agriculture range at HafottyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- HafottyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cremlyn Standing StonesStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- CollegeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.