Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosure, Field System & Hollow-ways North of Pant
Caerwys, Flintshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Caerwys, Flintshire, recorded as Enclosure (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 7 December 1988
- Community
- Caerwys
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.26105, -3.28681
- SAM number
- FL163
- Cadw record number
- 323
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description for the scheduled monument.
The monument consists of the remains of medieval settlement and agricultural activity, comprising field systems of low earthen and stone banks, and hollow-ways or tracks. Surveys have shown the remains to be complex and probably of several phases of construction and occupation, and it may be that some of the features relate to prehistoric or Romano-British activity, and post-medieval use of the land. Some of the recorded features also relate to mineral exploitation.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric/medieval settlement and agricultural practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A field system may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Hen Caerwys Deserted Village SiteDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- GellilyfdyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bakehouse at GellilyfdyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable at GellilyfdyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.