Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hodgeston Moated Site
Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Moated Site (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 13 June 1951
- Community
- Lamphey
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.65921, -4.85090
- SAM number
- PE246
- Cadw record number
- 3054
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 245 Pembroke (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 the remains of a well-preserved medieval moated homestead. It comprises a raised platform c. 26m square surrounded by a moat, best preserved on the south side where it is c. 6m wide and c. 1.5m deep. There is possible channel or branch of the moat heading west northwest.
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
- Hodgeston Parish ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hodgeston HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lime kiln at Cleggars FarmIndustrialunder 1 mi
- West Moor FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.