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Moated Site 250m SW of Pencoed Castle is a medieval domestic moated site located in Wales and designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM201. The site comprises a substantial water-filled moat that survives as a prominent earthwork feature in the landscape, characteristic of high-status medieval domestic settlements of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat would have enclosed and defended a residential complex, reflecting the prosperity and social standing of its medieval occupants during a period when such fortified homesteads were common amongst the Welsh and Anglo-Norman gentry. Its proximity to Pencoed Castle suggests a relationship to the broader pattern of medieval settlement and lordly authority in the region, though the site remains relatively understudied in the broader archaeological literature.
Moated Site 250m SW of Pencoed Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM201. View the official record →
Moated Site 250m SW of Pencoed Castle is a medieval domestic moated site located in Wales and designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM201. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM201.
Moated Site 250m SW of Pencoed Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a moated site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Moated Site 250m SW of Pencoed Castle 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 MM201.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wilcrick Hill Camp (1.6 km), Medieval Building adjoining Magor Churchyard (3 km), St. Mary's Churchyard Crosses, Magor (3 km).
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