Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llanwrda Castle Mound
Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 30 August 1988
- Community
- Llanwrda
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.97787, -3.84838
- SAM number
- CM239
- Cadw record number
- 2820
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 1860 "41. Caermathen." (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) and situated at the end of a ridge of high ground overlooking the River Mynys. 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 measures 30m in diameter at the base and is 8m high to the flat summit. The ditch visible on the north side but not apparent elsewhere is 4m wide.
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
- Barley MountDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cowshed at Barley MountAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn range at Barley MountAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn at PwllagdduAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.