Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Moated Site 100m East of Caeforiog Bridge
Llanrhian, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanrhian, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Moated Site (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 9 September 1991
- Community
- Llanrhian
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.89757, -5.18354
- SAM number
- PE449
- Cadw record number
- 3704
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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 comprises the remains of a well-preserved medieval moated homestead. This is a small site, located on the floodplain of the River Solva. The moat is rectangular, measuring 25m by 21m, with the ditch 3m wide and up to 1m high. This is water-filled and fed by a stream entering at the north-east corner. The inner platform is raised and has the ruins of a rectangular stone buildings standing circa 1m high and measuring 10m by 5m in plan.
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
- Caerforiog BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Lecha Burial ChamberChambered Tombunder 1 mi
- KingheriotDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lofted Cartshed & Stable at KingheriotDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.