Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bedford Castle
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Llantwit Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.41356, -3.46799
- SAM number
- GM113
- Cadw record number
- 3503
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 motte dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD). A motte is a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil and/or stone, usually surrounded by either a wet or dry ditch, and surmounted by a tower constructed of timber or stone.
The site consists of a small grass covered mound in the corner of a field south of Llanmaes church. The mound is roughly circular, 10m in diameter and 0.8m high, with a flattish top.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive 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
- Barn at Great House FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St CattwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St CattwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Railed Tomb to Nicholl family to east of Chancel of Church of St CattwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.