CAE-WALL WOOD MOTTE

Site Details

NPRN
223874
Map Reference
ST48NW
Grid Reference
ST40358911
Unitary (Local) Authority
Newport
Old County
Monmouthshire
Community
Langstone
Type of Site
MOTTE?
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval;Unknown

Site Description

NAR ST48NW28
1. A circular hollow, embanked 0.75m high on the E and S, measures some 30m across overall and 1.5m deep. To the immediate N is a disused quarry and there is additional hollowing on the S. The site is in a good defensive position, overlooking the S and W, but there is too much quarrying activity to be sure of its identity as a defensive earthwork.

visited: D.K.Leighton 16 February 1999

See Nprn54450 for possible quarrying features in vicinity.

2. Earthworks described by Parkes & Webster 1974 (BBCS 15.4), 518.