Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Castell Morgraig
Caerphilly, Caerphilly, Wales
A scheduled monument in Caerphilly, recorded as Castle (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Castle
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 28 April 1928
- Community
- Caerphilly
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.55190, -3.21258
- SAM number
- GM031
- Cadw record number
- 3381
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (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 castle, dating to the medieval period. It is located on the southern boundary of the Welsh lands of Senghennydd Is Caech on a ridge top overlooking the Cardiff plain. The ruined remains consist of a walled pentagonal enclosure about 40m in diameter with the angles defined by the remains of four towers and on the east a keep. It is thought to have been built in the mid thirteenth century and may not have been completed.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive and domestic 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
- Castell MorgraigDefenceunder 1 mi
- Travellers Rest InnRecreationalunder 1 mi
- New House HotelDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Long Barn and attached courtyard wall, gates and railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.