Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Goldcliff Moated House Site
Goldcliff, Newport, Wales
A scheduled monument in Goldcliff, Newport, recorded as Moated Site (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Goldcliff
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.54758, -2.92198
- SAM number
- MM092
- Cadw record number
- 587
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (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 comprises the remains of a well-preserved medieval moated homestead. It consists of a an oblong mound, measuring 36m NW/SE by 24m NE/SW, surrounded by a ditch. Around much of the ditch it is 4m wide and steep-sided, with a maximum depth of 1.5m. On the SE side the ditch is shallower, around 1m, and with gently sloping sides. There are no visible features on the surface of the mound.
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
- Church of St Mary MagdaleneReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St. Mary Magdalene's Churchyard Cross, GoldcliffCrossunder 1 mi
- Barn at Great NewraAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Great NewraDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.