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St Mary's Yard Mound

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 01936g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Llanover
Unitary authority : Monmouthshire
NGR : SO34980693
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Motte
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
Phillips notes that key features of the possible and eroded motte of Llanfair Kilgeddin (base area of some 536.961m²) include a round shape excepting a flat river frontage (131.433m² in surface area; thought to have been formed by river erosion), a ditch and no bailey or structural evidence. Standing a maximum of 3m above the natural landscape, it is not defensively positioned and Phillips interprets the site as a late possible motte/fortified site dependent on land tenure (possibly held for part of a knight's fee) utilised in the control of settlement following the Norman Conquest (Phillips 2004).

Description :
Phillips notes that key features of the possible and eroded motte of Llanfair Kilgeddin (base area of some 536.961m²) include a round shape excepting a flat river frontage (131.433m² in surface area; thought to have been formed by river erosion), a ditch and no bailey or structural evidence. Standing a maximum of 3m above the natural landscape, it is not defensively positioned and Phillips interprets the site as a late possible motte/fortified site dependent on land tenure (possibly held for part of a knights fee) utilised in the control of settlement following the Norman Conquest (Phillips 2004).

A small motte on the west bank of the River Usk. Protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM Mn 82) (Locock and Maynard 2015)

Sources :
Connors, O. J. , 2013 , The Effects of Anglo-Norman Lordship upon the Landscape of Post-Conquest Monmouthshire
Locock M and Maynard D J , 1997 , Monmouthshire Historic Settlements An Archaeological Survey Part 1: Hundreds of Abergavenny and Skenfrith
Phillips, N. , 2004 , Thesis: Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050 - 1250
01/Desc Text/Cadw/ Full Management Report/2006/ Copy in further information file

Events :
E004063 : Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050 - 1250 (year : 2004)
E008750 : GGAT52: Monmouthshire Historic Settlements (Part 1), Abergavenny & Skenfrith (year : 1996-1997)

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Compiled date : 15-02-1988


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