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Mynachdy Moated Enclosure is a medieval moated site located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD097. The monument comprises a roughly rectangular enclosure surrounded by a water-filled ditch, a characteristic defensive feature of high-status medieval dwellings and administrative centres built from the 12th century onwards. The site sits upon bedrock of Ludlow Rocks—undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits of Ludlow age—which would have influenced both the drainage properties of the surrounding land and the practical ease of excavating the moat itself.
The construction and maintenance of such moated enclosures required significant labour and resources, indicating that Mynachdy was occupied by someone of considerable local importance. The site's survival is testament to the enduring stability of its earthwork defences, which have largely resisted agricultural ploughing and erosion over the intervening centuries.
Today, the moated enclosure remains a prominent landscape feature, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and social organisation in Wales. Its protection reflects the archaeological and historical value of moated sites as sources of understanding medieval land-holding, domestic life and the strategic positioning of minor lordly residences across the Welsh countryside.
Mynachdy Moated Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD097. View the official record →
Mynachdy Moated Enclosure is a medieval moated site located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD097.
Mynachdy Moated Enclosure 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.
Mynachdy Moated Enclosure 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 RD097.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Four Stones (9 km), New Radnor Medieval Town: South West Quadrant (9.1 km), Town Bank and Ditch (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Mynachdy Moated Enclosure'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.
Mynachdy Moated Enclosure stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.