Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lightwood Farm Moated Site
Overton, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Overton
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.96285, -2.91124
- SAM number
- FL095
- Cadw record number
- 2208
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (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 well-preserved medieval moated homestead and measures 60yds SW-NE and 70yds NW-SE. It is surrounded by a wet ditch which measures 20ft wide and 3ft deep.There is no trace of any inner or outer bank, or foundations on a central platform.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of the medieval landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of intact archaeological deposits and structural 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
- Bryn AberNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Plas-yn-Coed FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lightwood Hall FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 26 Salop RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.