Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bwlch Aeddan Dyke
Guilsfield, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Guilsfield, Powys, recorded as Linear Earthwork (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Linear Earthwork
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Guilsfield
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.68629, -3.22814
- SAM number
- MG100
- Cadw record number
- 361
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (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 dating to the later prehistoric or early medieval periods.
Bwlch Aeddan Dyke takes the form of a linear bank up to c.4m high with a berm, or level area, of c.4m, in places. In the eastern area, at least, the monument has been constructed upon a natural ridge. The Scheduled Area is divided into three, divided by a minor public road in the west, and by a private access track in the east.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric or early 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 be further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and the areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Cefn PentreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Detached farm range at Cefn PentreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Lodge to Maesmawr Hall (including Gate Piers)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Maesmawr HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.