Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gelly Earthwork
Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Rath (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Rath
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 6 June 1950
- Community
- Llawhaden
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.84293, -4.78961
- SAM number
- PE184
- Cadw record number
- 3034
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. 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 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (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 a small defended enclosure or rath, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (800 BC - 43 AD). Usually enclosed by a bank and ditch, raths often contsin evidence of intensive occupation. The Gelly Earthwork comprises a block of stone with an oval hollow on one side. The letters 'CANV' are cut on the margin at the back of the seat hollow.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Iron Age settlement and social organisation. The monument forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric landscape. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information in regard to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Gelli BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Gelli Bridge (partly in Llawhaden community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Longridge Bridge (Partly in New Moat Community)No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Cleddau Railway Bridge (partly in New Moat Community)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.