HAROLD'S HOUSE;PORTSKEWETT, EARTHWORKS

Manylion y Safle

NPRN
15506
Cyfeirnod Map
ST48NE
Cyfeirnod Grid
ST49868805
Ardal Cyngor
Monmouthshire
Hen Sir
Monmouthshire
Cymuned
Portskewett
Math o Safle
SETTLEMENT
Dosbarth Cyffredinol
Civil
Cyfnod
Medieval?

Disgrifiad o´r Safle

1. Supposed traces of the hunting lodge started by King Harold in 1065 and destroyed before completion.
2. Earthworks immediately W of Portskewett church (Nprn307463), comprising:
a subrectangular/oval mound/platform, c.21-22.5m in diameter and 1.0m high, with a bank springing from it, defining part of a possible enclosure, c.55m E-W by 25m;
on the W is a bank, c.50m E-W by 15m and 1.0m high, possibly forming a pond bay across a damp valley.
(source Os495card; ST48NE23)
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0468-9
RCAHMW AP945066/47-8
J.Wiles 20.02.03