Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Black Point Rath
The Havens, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Promontory Fort - coastal
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 31 October 1951
- Community
- The Havens
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.79513, -5.10552
- SAM number
- PE265
- Cadw record number
- 465
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 defended enclosure, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 43). The enclosure is located on a narrow coastal promontory above the sea that marks part of the defensive circuit. The construction of one or more ramparts placed across the neck of the promontory divide it from the mainland. Black Point Rath is defended on the north and east by a bank and ditch. The bank rises 15ft above the ditch and on the south and west the cliffs fall to the sea.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, layout, 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
- Harold StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing Stones near Upper LodgeStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Broad Haven HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Haven Fort HotelCommercial1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.