Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Moated Site 670m NE of Lower Penwaun
Felin-Fach, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 13 August 1985
- Community
- Felin-Fach
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.97945, -3.33524
- SAM number
- BR180
- Cadw record number
- 1797
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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. It is sub-rectangular in plan, measuring 12m N/S by 10m E/W and surrounded by a 4m wide ditch. On the external side of the ditch is a small counterscarp bank. The entrance lies to the NE where there is a break in the outer bank and a flattening of the inner mound. The site lies in a hollow within a field of pasture, and the surrounding slopes retain traces of rig cultivation and field banks that may be related to the use of the moated site.
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
- Glyn CelynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Oaklands Moated SiteMoated Siteunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Talachddu House including outbuilding range to rightDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.