Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Highlight Medieval House Site
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- House (domestic)
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 20 May 1964
- Community
- Barry
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.41965, -3.29512
- SAM number
- GM301
- Cadw record number
- 3370
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 settlement dating to the medieval period. A succession of hall-type houses and ancilliary buildings were constructed on a large, rectangular plateau measuring 27m by 22m. Excavation has found that the main house construction commenced in the 12th century, ending in the 15th century. During this period an early hall measuring 13.7m by 6.1m was later replaced by a smaller, stone built building.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement and domestic activity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. A house 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
- Highlight Church, Remains ofChurchunder 1 mi
- Lidmore FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St Dyfan and St TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former Chapel at former Polytechnic of WalesReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.