Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Oaklands Moated Site
Felin-Fach, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Felin-Fach, Powys, recorded as Moated Site (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Felin-Fach
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.97923, -3.34735
- SAM number
- BR041
- Cadw record number
- 1720
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a well-preserved medieval moated homestead, of late medieval date. The monument comprises a rectangular platform measuring 46m NE/SW by 51m NW/SE surrounded by a flat bottomed moat containing a stream on three sides, with a counterscarp bank outside. Irregularities and boulders on the ground inside the ditch suggests the presence of walls.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of the medieval landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of intact archaeological deposits and structural evidence.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Moated Site 670m NE of Lower PenwaunMoated Siteunder 1 mi
- Talachddu House including outbuilding range to rightDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glyn CelynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.