Dry-Moat Walls is a Grade II* listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 January 1974. Shop.

Dry-Moat Walls

WRENN ID
bitter-sentry-plum
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 January 1974
Type
Shop
Address
Dry-Moat Walls, Pembroke Dock
OS grid reference
SM 960 030
Coordinates
51.68938, -4.95187
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Dry-Moat Walls are a Grade II* listed structure, measuring about 16 feet (4.87 meters) deep and up to 42 feet (12.80 meters) wide. They enclose a platform with a square bastion trace design, featuring a square plan and arrow-shaped corner bastions. The scarp and counterscarp of the moat are constructed from coursed rubble limestone, with ashlar quoins. The floor of the moat, located within the angle of the northwest bastion, was used as a ball court. A 20th-century steel stanchion bridge crosses the moat to the north, replacing the original timber trestle bridge. This site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Dry-Moat Walls sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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