Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Earthworks South West of Llanddew Church
Llanddew, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Earthwork (unclassified)
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 17 March 1992
- Community
- Llanddew
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.96693, -3.37812
- SAM number
- BR196
- Cadw record number
- 774
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 consists of a number of earthworks identified through aerial photograph and traceable on the ground, lying in a slight hollow to the SW of the churchyard. The earthworks include three roughly rectangular features lying end to end along the hollow, with a narrow lane or leat alongside to the SW. Other undulations lie between the main hollows and the wall of the churchyard. The most northerly of the rectangular features is distinctly sunken, suggesting that the features may be fishponds, although they could also be house platforms. The earthworks appear to be associated with the medieval nucleus of the episcopal manor of Llanddew.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and 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
- Church of Saint DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Village pumpNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Retaining wall and two wells to SW of The Old VicarageWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.