Great Rudbaxton Mount

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameGreat Rudbaxton Mount
Alternative Names
Historic CountryPembrokeshire
Modern AuthorityPembrokeshire
1974 AuthorityDyfed
CommunityRudbaxton

To the east of, and closely adjoining the parish church is a circular mound in a fair state of preservation. The diameter of its flat grass-grown summit is 40 feet; the fall to the ditch, now largely obliterated, is 15 feet. There is no bailey. The mound was recently enclosed in the yard of Rudbaxton Farm. (RCAHMW, 1925)

A mutilated motte, surviving up to 2.4m high. There is a surviving portion of ditch to the E, and the monument is placed adjacent to the churchyard. There is no trace of a bailey. (Coflein)

The monument comprises the remains of a motte and ditch, dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD) and located c 50m to the south east of Rudbaxton parish church. A motte is a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil and/or stone, usually surrounded by either a wet or dry ditch, and surmounted by a tower constructed of timber or stone. The remains consist of a low flat topped mound 2.5 m high with a summit diameter of 14m. There is a surviving portion of ditch to the E. (Scheduling Report)

Gatehouse Comments

The bailey would presumably have been to the south where there are farm buildings.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSM960205
Latitude51.8460388183594
Longitude-4.96183013916016
Eastings196080
Northings220530
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Books

  • Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p. 248 (listed)
  • Hull, Lise, 2005, Castles and Bishops Palaces of Pembrokeshire (Logaston Press) p. 192
  • Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p. 40
  • Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p. 87 (slight)
  • Miles, Dillwyn, 1979 (Revised 1988), Castles of Pembrokeshire (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park) p. 5-7
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 397
  • RCAHMW, 1925, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Pembrokeshire (HMSO) p. 315 no. 916 online copy

Journals

  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124