Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Castell Mound
Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 14 March 1951
- Community
- Puncheston
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.92420, -4.87874
- SAM number
- PE238
- Cadw record number
- 3051
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 motte and ditch, dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD). A motte is a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil and/or stone, usually surrounded by either a wet or dry ditch, and surmounted by a tower constructed of timber or stone. The motte is 40ft in diameter across the top and stands to a height of 12-15ft. It is somewhat mis-shapen and covered in grass.
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
- Castell y FuwchEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Mynydd Castlebythe Ring BarrowRing Barrowunder 1 mi
- Mynydd Castlebythe Round BarrowsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Wern CampPromontory Fort - inlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.