Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wern-y-Cwrt Castle Mound
Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanarth, Monmouthshire, recorded as Motte (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 10 March 1950
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.77467, -2.87974
- SAM number
- MM099
- Cadw record number
- 2365
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 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (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 small motte, probably dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD). It is located in a field immediately S of the A40 and comprises a steep-sided conical mound, 3.5m high, with a flat top 10m in diameter, located in a low lying position with no natural defences. There is no evidence for an associated ditch, bailey or any settlement earthworks. There is an unfounded local tradition that it marks the site of a mass grave associated with the Civil War siege of Raglan Castle.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive sites. The is well-preserved and an important relic of the medieval landscape and forms one of a number of undocumented and probably short lived tenants' castles or defended residences in northern Monmoutshire. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both structural evidence and intact associated deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Chapel FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Churchyard cross at Bryngwyn churchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, BryngwynCross baseunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint PeterReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.