Castle Ely Area

 

Ancient mound
This ancient mound or tumulus is in a field close to Castle Ely House. The field was historically called "twmp", which is the Welsh for mound.
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Royal Cmmission on Ancient Monuments in Wales
NPRN 304255
Map Reference SN11SE
Grid Reference SN19341051
Community Eglwyscummin
Type of Site ROUND BARROW
Broad Class Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period Unknown
Site Description
PARC-Y-TWMP; LOWER CASTLE ELY TUMULUS
Barrow 25 paces in diameter and 6'6" high. Cremation remains were found upon excavation in 1889.
(source Os495card; SN11SE21)


Catalogue Number C57302
Cadw Scheduling Records
Date: 1990
Description
File of Cadw scheduled monument records for Parc-y-twmp; Lower Castle Ely Tumulus (CM088)


Castle Ely Mill
NPRN 306275
Map Reference SN11SE
Grid Reference SN19131060
Community Eglwyscummin
Type of Site CORN MILL
Broad Class Agriculture and Subsistence
Period Post Medieval
Site Description
Former corn mill converted to a house and holiday apartments. B.A.Malaws, 03 September 2002.


Defended Enclosure
NPRN 304188
Map Reference SN21SW
Grid Reference SN20091092
Community
Eglwyscummin
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class Defence
Period Iron Age?
Site Description


Castle Ely camp appears to comprise the east and south part of a defended enclosure, that appears to be completed by presumed modern field banks to the west.
(source Os495card; SN21SW4)


CASTLE ELY QUARRY, RED ROSES
Site Details
NPRN 306198
Map Reference SN11SE
Grid Reference SN19281017
Community Eglwyscummin
Type of Site LIME WORKINGS
Broad Class Industrial
Period Post Medieval
Site Description


Quarry and two limekilns.
B.A.Malaws, 28 August 2002.

From - http://www.jstor.org/stable/621742


At Castle Ely there were 28 tenants working 6 carucates of land (carucate=as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; - by some said to be about 100 acres).