CASTELL NOS MOTTE

Site Details

NPRN
300085
Map Reference
SN90SE
Grid Reference
SN96500017
Unitary (Local) Authority
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Maerdy
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR: SN90SE1

The SE end of an isolated eminence 35m (N-S) by 12m, an entirely natural hillock, rocky except for the small oval flat top which has been scarped and ditched on the N and W. Traces of a possible bailey lie to the NW.
There is no historical record of the motte which is possibly a medieval Welsh attempt to construct a motte-like fortress from this naturally strong position.

Source: RCAHMW 1991 Glamorgan III.1a 'the Earlier Castles', 146-9.

David Leighton, RCAHMW, 7 August 2008