Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Linney Deserted Medieval Village
Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Deserted Medieval Village
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 5 September 1995
- Community
- Castlemartin
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.62967, -5.04219
- SAM number
- PE469
- Cadw record number
- 250
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 earthworks, platforms and building footings, representing a deserted village, of medieval date. The village of Linney was recorded in 1324 and 1480; there were 13 bond tenants of the Earl of Pembroke. By the 18th century the village had disappeared. The site lies on the northern slope of a hill overlooking Castle Lady Valley. A series of around ten house platforms show up as sub-rectangular terraces or hollows, each measuring c. 10m east to west and 8m north to south. Other earthworks suggest holloways or roadways running along the southern and eastern boundaries, the southern boundary is an east to west fieldbank.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement. The monument forms an important element within the wider medieval context and the scheduled area may be expected to contain a wide range of archaeological information, including chronological detail and evidence in regard to construction techniques and agricultural methods.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Linney Head TumulusRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Bulliber Hill CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Linney Tobruk SheltersAnti Invasion Defence Siteunder 1 mi
- Crow Back TumulusRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.