Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wantyn Dyke
Kerry, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Kerry, Powys, recorded as Linear Earthwork (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Linear Earthwork
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Kerry
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.51563, -3.19924
- SAM number
- MG208
- Cadw record number
- 3010
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument consists of the remains of a cross-dyke, a defensive boundary or earthwork, dating to the later prehistoric/early medieval period. The probable course of the Wantyn Dyke runs for approximately 3km from SO 18299211 in the NW to SO 19668957 in the SE. It consists of a bank with a ditch on the western side. The entire length is in variable condition, owing to centuries of degradation from the plough. Three sections are included under this scheduling.
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
- Great Cefn-y-berrinDomesticunder 1 mi
- Camp Pen-y-Gelli (revealed by aerial photography)Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Upper TrefeenDomestic1 mi
- Hodley United Reformed ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.