WAUN TWMPATH MOTTE

Site Details

NPRN
101626
Map Reference
SN40SE
Grid Reference
SN46570255
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Cefn Sidan
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Waun Twmpath motte is a well-preserved castle mound some 40 metres in diameter at the base and 15 metres diameter at the top. It has a maximum height of about 7 metres above the base of a well-defined ditch which is up to 2.5 metres deep in places.
It is located on the northern edge of a protruding spur of high ground, but it is overlooked from the south.

RCAHMW 10 February 2009