Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hendy Earthwork
Llanedi, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 9 November 1950
- Community
- Llanedi
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.71075, -4.04910
- SAM number
- CM097
- Cadw record number
- 432
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 an earthwork/stone-built enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric or medieval and measures 25yds square, with a bank on three sides and the river on the fourth. The bank rises about 12ft above the ground outside the enclosure, but only about 3ft above the level of its interior.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating 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
- Hendy Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Site of St Teilo's Old Parish Church, Llandeilo, Talybont (now removed to St Fagans)Churchunder 1 mi
- Neuadd-fachDomesticunder 1 mi
- The War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.