Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rudbaxton Motte
Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Motte (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Motte
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 24 February 1989
- Community
- Rudbaxton
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.84602, -4.96183
- SAM number
- PE432
- Cadw record number
- 2742
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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)
- 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 the remains of a motte and ditch, dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD) and located c 50m to the south east of Rudbaxton parish church. 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 remains consist of a low flat topped mound 2.5 m high with a summit diameter of 14m. There is a surviving portion of ditch to the E.
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
- Great RudbaxtonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bowling HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Poyston including attached service ranges to NW.Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.