Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St Govan's Chapel and Well
Stackpole and Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Stackpole and Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Chapel (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Chapel
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 2 July 1958
- Community
- Stackpole and Castlemartin
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.59864, -4.93665
- SAM number
- PE321
- Cadw record number
- 3071
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (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)
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 small medieval chapel, built on a ledge in a fissure of the cliff.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of medieval Christianity. The site forms an important element within the wider medieval 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
- St. Govan's WellWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- St. Govan's ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Trevallen Downs Tank RangeFiring Rangeunder 1 mi
- Trevallen Stable BlockDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.