Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cardigan Town Walls
Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cardigan, Ceredigion, recorded as Town Wall (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Town Wall
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 5 November 1979
- Community
- Cardigan
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.08267, -4.66008
- SAM number
- CD141
- Cadw record number
- 749
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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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 193 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (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 two surviving stretches of the medieval town wall of Cardigan, thought to have been built in the 13th century or later. The northern stretch, which marks a substantial change in level in the area between Chancery Lane and Pwllhai, has been much refurbished over the years, the thick footings probably being the medieval part. The southern stretch, to the rear of 43 St Mary Street, has an arch within it which might be part of the town gate.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive organisation and of the growth of towns. The monument forms an important element within the wider medieval context and the structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information in regard to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
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- 7 St Marys StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 9 St Marys StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old StablesCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.