Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cae Burdydd Castle
Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Vaynor
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.78238, -3.38228
- SAM number
- BR118
- Cadw record number
- 788
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
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a motte and ditch, dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD). A motte is a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil and/or stone, usually surrounded by either a wet or dry ditch, and surmounted by a tower constructed of timber or stone. The motte is 23m in diameter and 3m high with a steep drop to river on the east side. The top of the motte is 7m in diameter and concave in shape, with a slight horseshoe shaped bank on the landward side. The ditch is approximately 4m wide. There is no trace of a bailey.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive practices. The monument is well-preserved and an important relic of the medieval landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both structural evidence and intact associated deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Hy BrasailDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tower of Old Church of St GwynnoReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gravestone of Robert Thompson Crawshay and surrounding railingsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Pontsarn Railway Viaduct (also in Vaynor)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.