DOMEN GASTELL; WELSHPOOL, EARTHWORK CASTLE

Manylion y Safle

NPRN
306957
Cyfeirnod Map
SJ20NW
Cyfeirnod Grid
SJ2301807416
Ardal Cyngor
Powys
Hen Sir
Montgomeryshire
Cymuned
Welshpool
Math o Safle
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Dosbarth Cyffredinol
Defence
Cyfnod
Medieval

Disgrifiad o´r Safle

Domen Gastell is an oval enclosure, c.60m east-west by 44m, defined by a bank, up to 2.0m high. Attached on the south is a rather irregular motte, c.25-30m in diameter and 6.1m high, which gives the impression of being secondary to the enclosure. The castle has been much altered by its incorporation into the civic landscape of Welshpool, notably losing its ditches.

The interior of the enclosure has been levelled as a bowling green, with trees planted upon the bank and sundry pavilions constructed.

(source Os495card; SJ20NW4)
Possibly a predecessor of Powis Castle (Nprn29858).
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0002-4, 0488-90
RCAHMW AP955003/49
J.Wiles 07.11.02