Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Moated Site in Coldra Wood
Caerleon, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 9 August 1996
- Community
- Caerleon
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.60391, -2.92630
- SAM number
- MM253
- Cadw record number
- 3327
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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. The moat is D-shaped and about 30m wide and 50m long. The lower south-east side of the moat is straight pond like feature fed by a stream. It is 60m in length and up to 8m wide. From this, two shallow broad ditches with external banks curve round to define a semi-circular enclosure. The banks are between 8m and 10m wide. An entrance gap is said to exist in the centre of this arc. The monument is located in dense woodland and scrub, at the foot of a scarp. Botanical evidence suggests that this represents ancient woodland.
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
- Priory Wood CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Priory FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Priory FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Langstone Court FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.