Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pysgodlan Moated Site
Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 17 May 1989
- Community
- Henllan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.21216, -3.43935
- SAM number
- DE200
- Cadw record number
- 3133
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument consists of a moat, a wide ditch surrounding a building, usually filled with water, dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. The monument consists of a rectangular platform 32.5m x 18m enclosed by a moat 8-12m wide, except in the north-west where it is expanded into a pond 28m x 30m. In the north-east there is a 8m wide counterscarp or dam.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval or post-medieval defensive organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The moat itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques, together with a strong probability of environmental evidence.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Plas Heaton FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Secondary House at Plas Heaton FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Coed Clattwn Moated SiteMoated Siteunder 1 mi
- Carthouse Range at Plas Heaton (with incorporated flat to first floor)Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.