Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gadlys
Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Llanharan
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.51986, -3.47306
- SAM number
- GM081
- Cadw record number
- 409
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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. This site may have been the administrative centre of the sublordship of Ruthin during the 13th century, possibly superseding the motte castle nearby (GM080). Its situation in low ground is a typical one for moated sites, and water could have been let into the moat from the boggy area to the north. All that remains of the site are low banks on the west, south and east sides of a roughly rectangular area. Slight vestiges of the moat which once surrounded it are visible on the west.
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
- Church of SS Ilid and CurigReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llanilid Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Brynnau Gwynion OverbridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Tregroes aka Pencoed CollegeEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.