Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty-Newydd Dyke
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, recorded as Linear Earthwork.
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Linear Earthwork
- Period
- Unknown
- Community
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.79989, -3.28807
- SAM number
- MG025
- Cadw record number
- 1978
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 137 Oswestry (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument consists of the remains of a dyke, a defensive boundary or earthwork, probably dating to the early medieval period. Ty-Newydd Dyke is 0.83km long, aligned east-west across a stretch of lower ground between the hills known as Allt Tair Ffynnon and Garth. It faces north towards the Tanat Valley. A bank with a ditch to the north are clearly visible, with, in places sections of scarp.
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
- Rhos-isaf CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Detached Agricultural Range to the south of Bontglantanat FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Bontglantanat Farmhouse and BarnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Glantanat UchafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.