MONTGOMERY TOWN WALLS

Manylion y Safle

NPRN
306412
Cyfeirnod Map
SO29NW
Cyfeirnod Grid
SO22279665
Ardal Cyngor
Powys
Hen Sir
Montgomeryshire
Cymuned
Montgomery
Math o Safle
TOWN DEFENCES
Dosbarth Cyffredinol
Defence
Cyfnod
Medieval

Disgrifiad o´r Safle

The remains of banks, ditches and, in parts, a counterscarp, define an irregular polygonal circuit, c.660m N-S by c.400m E-W, enclosing the medieval town and castle of Montgomery.
The town charter of 1227 allowed the construction of town walls, however the first murage grant does not occur untill 1267. The initial circuit is thought to have been pallisaded, replaced by a masonry wall and towers from c.1279, this circuit being depicted as ruined c.1610.
(source Os495card; SO29NW13)
RCAHMW AP955028/45-7
J.Wiles 11.09.02