Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
MG225
Name
Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement
Date of Designation
16/11/1993
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Montgomery
Easting
322188
Northing
296176
Broad Class
Civil
Site Type
Extra-mural settlement
Period
Medieval
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The monument consists of house-sites dating to the medieval and earlier post-medieval period. This is a settlement where previous house sites are now unoccupied, but visible as earthworks, crop or soil marks. The earthworks form a series of at least eight building platforms and a hollow way probably representing the remains of a small extra mural development outside the former Kerry Gate. Some of the platforms have since been built over. A settlement is depicted in this vicinity on cartographic sources from 1610 and the eighteenth century.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.