Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garn-Fawr Castle Mound
Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Motte (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Newchurch and Merthyr
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.88956, -4.33178
- SAM number
- CM011
- Cadw record number
- 2092
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 211 Newcastle Emlyn (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 motte, 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 monument has no trace of outer bailey. It is in perfect condition,standing in a pasture field and covered with long grass and fir trees.
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
- Garn-Fawr Tumuli & EnclosureRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Knightsford FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Defended Enclosure 350m S of ClungwynEnclosure - Defensiveunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A484 at CwmdwyfranNo class recorded1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.