MOTTE, CWM MEURIG, NORTH EAST OF YSTRADMEURIG

Site Details

NPRN
300616
Map Reference
SN76NW
Grid Reference
SN71856777
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Ystrad Meurig
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR SN76NW6

1. Circular motte near Cwm Meurig, which is to the NE of Ystradmeurig. Visible on AP.
E.J.Stapley, 10/8/00.

2. A steep-sided, flat-topped circular, apparently ditched mound, about 23m in diameter & 5.0m high, having a 10m diameter summit area, showing the clear scar of an excavation trench on the east; possible indications of a curvilinear enclosure, roughly 40-50m across, on the north: there is no evidence to support the suggestion that this site represents the original castle of Ystrad Meurig, predecessor of the complex enclosure, 1.5km to the west (Nprn300842).

RCAHMW AP95-CS 432
RCAHMW AP955043/61-2

J.Wiles 23.09.04