Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Castle Mound, Llanfyrnach
Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Crymych, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Motte (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Crymych
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.95099, -4.59206
- SAM number
- PE097
- Cadw record number
- 3711
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 211 Newcastle Emlyn (Hills) (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 motte and ditch, dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD). The motte stands to about 6m high and has a summit 18 metres in diameter. A depression in the centre lined with stone foundations is problematic. There is a road all round the east and south side and a modern house to the north, so that any bailey that once may have existed is probably now unrecognisable.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive practices. The monument is well-preserved and an important relic of the medieval landscape. 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
- Entrance gates to churchyard of Church of St BrynachReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St BrynachReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rhyd-y-Gath Pillar CrossCross-marked stoneunder 1 mi
- Chimney at Llanfyrnach MineCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.