Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Waun Twmpath Motte
Cefn Sidan, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cefn Sidan, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Motte (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 19 January 1989
- Community
- Cefn Sidan
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.70072, -4.22162
- SAM number
- CM238
- Cadw record number
- 1471
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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 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. Waun Twmpath measures 6m high and 35 metres in diameter and is surrounded by a silted up, but still visible ditch. It is situated at the head of a ridge of high ground, on the north and east of which the ground slopes steeply. There is no apparent bailey, or outer earthwork.
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
- Milepost on Heol TrimsaranNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Old house, including attached bakehouse, at Llettyrychen Fawr FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cross-Marked Stone at Cilymaenllwyd HouseCross-marked stoneunder 1 mi
- Bethlehem Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.