Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Powis Castle Park Mound
Welshpool, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Welshpool, Powys, recorded as Earthwork (unclassified) (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Earthwork (unclassified)
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 20 February 1989
- Community
- Welshpool
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.64378, -3.18111
- SAM number
- MG212
- Cadw record number
- 162
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (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 following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a well-preserved circular mound c.1.5m in height and c.20m in diameter, with a flat summit. A sub-rectangular earthwork runs northward from the eastern edge of the mound and runs around the western side, forming an enclosure c.34m N-S x 40m.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement, and possible prehistoric funerary practices. Although the origin of the earthworks are uncertain, and indeed may be multi-period in date, it is well-preserved and its location gives it added 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
- Yewtree CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stockton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Talyrnau FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dysserth HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.