Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Castell Du Castle Mound
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Motte (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 5 July 1951
- Community
- Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.98316, -4.27687
- SAM number
- CM114
- Cadw record number
- 431
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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 and ditch, 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 motte at Castell Du measures c 20m in diameter and c 5m high and has a summit diameter of 16m. It is surrounded on all side by a ditch 4m wide and 0.5m deep except on the north east where a section of the mound has been removed by old quarrying.
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
- DanygraigDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cwmgwen Farmhouse, with attached agricultural rangeDomestic1 mi
- Pencader War MemorialCommemorative1 mi
- Yr Hen Gapel, including vestry and forecourt wallsReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.