MAESMOR HALL CASTLE MOUND, MAERDY

Site Details

NPRN
275770
Map Reference
SJ04SW
Grid Reference
SJ0128244586
Unitary (Local) Authority
Conwy
Old County
Denbighshire
Community
Llangwm (Conwy)
Type of Site
MOTTE;PROSPECT MOUND
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
Unknown;Post Medieval

Site Description

1. A flat-topped oval mound, 43m WNW-ESE by 29m & up to c.3.0m high; formerly regarded as a castle mound, a similar mound lies c.100m to the SE.
(source Os495card; SJ04SW2)

2. Portrayed as a garden feature by OS County series (Denbigh. XXXII.11 1889), having a path running about its c.26m by 14m oval summit.
Associated with/part of: Maesmor Hall gardens (Nprn266443).
RCAHMW AP945110/44
J.Wiles 25.05.04

2. This garden is depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Denbighshire XXXII, sheet 10 (1901). C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 16th August 2006.