CASTELL GLAS CASTLE MOUND

Site Details

NPRN
300125
Map Reference
ST38NW
Grid Reference
ST30188577
Unitary (Local) Authority
Newport
Old County
Monmouthshire
Community
Gaer
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

The castle mound at Castell Glas is flat-topped and trapezoidal, measuring overall 33m (north-east to southwest) by 25m on the north-east and 20m on the southwest. It has a maximum height of 1.8m on the SE but only 0.6m on the NW. The mound is turf-covered though probing suggests that it contains significant amounts of stone. It is now set in a children's playground.

RCAHMW, 2006