Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dyke 315m E of Tyla-Glas
Bedlinog, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A scheduled monument in Bedlinog, Merthyr Tydfil, recorded as Dyke (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Dyke
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 3 February 1959
- Community
- Bedlinog
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.70327, -3.28781
- SAM number
- GM260
- Cadw record number
- 2887
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (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 consists of the remains of a dyke, a defensive boundary or earthwork, dating to the later prehistoric/medieval period.
The bank and ditch are clearly defined, running east-west across the ridge top. The ditch is 3m wide, 1.5m deep at the east end and not as deep towards the west end. The bank is 0.5-0.75m high, with a 4m wide gap in the middle and a 3m gap incorporating a trackway at its west end.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric/medieval defensive organisation and settlement. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A dyke 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
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- Pant Ffos-yr-hebog Cup-Marked StoneCup Marked Stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn 270m N of Pont FfosyrhebogRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer CommonPlatform houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.