Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St Davids Cathedral Close: Archdeacon of Cardigans Ground
St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, recorded as House (domestic) (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- House (domestic)
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 15 January 1992
- Community
- St. David's and the Cathedral Close
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.88302, -5.26843
- SAM number
- PE443
- Cadw record number
- 686
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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 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (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 consists of the remains of a house. The Archdeacon of Cardigan’s ground is a paddock on the north side of the close alongside the lane to Porth Boning and the Close Wall. The paddock has a raised platform at its western end and a portion of one of the buildings forms part of one of the boundary walls.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement and domestic activity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. A house may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Garden Wall to NE.of Treasurer's HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge to rear of Cloister HallTransportunder 1 mi
- Front Garden Wall to the CanonryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Enclosing Wall & Gateway on N.Side of rear yard of Cloister HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.