CASTELL CAERWEDROS

Site Details

NPRN
301942
Map Reference
SN35NE
Grid Reference
SN37615577
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Llandysiliogogo
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Castell Caerwedros is an earthwork castle, comprising an earthen mound, fosse and a counterscarp bank of considerable height, set upon a level shelf, or spur, the ground falling away into a shallow valley on the south & south-west. It is identified as a castle and recorded as being destroyed in 1137: the mount, apparently mutilated on the north, is about 24m in diameter & up to 4.0m high, having a summit area in the region of 14.5m across; the counterscarp is most prominent about the south & south-east, where there are traces of further works, possibly an outer ditch, and it is possible that a bailey occupied the level ground to the north, between the mound and the current road.

J.Wiles 21.03.05