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Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of) is a medieval town in Wales, protected as a Cadw monument under reference CM209. The settlement developed on bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group, a sequence of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones laid down during the Namurian period of the Carboniferous. This solid foundation provided a stable base for the construction of medieval structures, whilst the local stone resources would have been available for building.
The town's medieval development reflects the strategic and commercial importance of the Kidwelly area during the Middle Ages. The Millstone Grit Group underlying the site is typical of South Wales geology, and would have influenced both settlement patterns and the availability of materials for domestic and defensive construction. Such stone was routinely exploited for building purposes throughout the medieval period in this region.
Today, the protected monument preserves part of the historical urban landscape that developed in medieval Kidwelly. The geology beneath continues to shape the visible landscape, with outcrops of the Millstone Grit Group forming the bedrock that has influenced human settlement and land use from the medieval period onwards. The site remains an important record of medieval Welsh urbanism.
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM209. View the official record →
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of) is a medieval town in Wales, protected as a Cadw monument under reference CM209.
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of) dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a town. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CM209.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glanstony Aqueduct, Trimsaran (2.6 km), Spudder's Bridge (2.8 km), Dome Gunnery Trainer, Pembrey Airfield (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of)'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kidwelly Medieval Town (Part of) stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.