Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of)
Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Town (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Town
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 10 January 1974
- Community
- Kidwelly
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.73944, -4.30672
- SAM number
- CM209
- Cadw record number
- 423
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (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 town, dating to the medieval period. A rough cindered surface forming part of Kidwelly within the stone walls.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Roman/medieval urban organisation and of the growth of towns. The monument forms an important element within the wider Roman/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
- The Old Moat HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kidwelly CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- 6 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castell Cydweli / Kidwelly CastleCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.