Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dyke 387m E of Clawdd Trawscae Farm
Bedlinog, Caerphilly, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Dyke
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Bedlinog
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.69438, -3.27798
- SAM number
- GM261
- Cadw record number
- 2888
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 consists of the remains of a dyke, a defensive boundary or earthwork, dating to the medieval period.
The bank and ditch run south-west-north-east along the top of the ridge. The ditch, on the north-west side, is small, c. 1m wide. The bank is 2m wide and 0.5m high. There is a 2m gap, made by a trackway, in the middle.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of 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
- Dyke 315m E of Tyla-GlasDykeunder 1 mi
- Capel GwladysChapelunder 1 mi
- Pen-heol-AdamDomestic1 mi
- Fforest Gwladys Roman practice campPractice Camp1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.