Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Plas Yr Alarch Moated Site
Castle Caereinion, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Castle Caereinion, Powys, recorded as Moated Site (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 4 September 1992
- Community
- Castle Caereinion
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.62794, -3.21258
- SAM number
- MG219
- Cadw record number
- 487
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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 following provides a general description of the scheduled monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a well-preserved medieval moated homestead. Plas yr Alarch is very well-defined by ditches on the E, W and S sides. On the W side, the ditch is 7m wide, c.1.0m deep and is bounded by a 4m wide bank on the outside which extends to the S beyond the moated area. On the southern side, the ditch is 5m wide and 0.9m deep. On the E side, the ditch broadens from being 4.0m at the S end to 7m at its N end. The eastern ditch is bounded by a slight mound. The interior slopes slightly and has a square platform at its N end which is partly defined by discontinuous lengths of stones set into the turf, clearly the basal remains of a stone-built structure probably of late post medieval date.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of the medieval landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of intact archaeological deposits and structural evidence.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Trefnant HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty MawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Camp 270m SSW of Ty MawrEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Lower House CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.