MOTTE AND BAILEY, TWTHILL, CAERNARFON

Site Details

NPRN
302455
Map Reference
SH46SE
Grid Reference
SH4822163031
Unitary (Local) Authority
Gwynedd
Old County
Caernarfonshire
Community
Caernarfon
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

A probable pre-Roman defended ditch is represented by traces of a rock cut ditch on the summit. However this looks uncertain and it may possibly have been some form of motte and bailey.
(Source: OS 495 card)
M.Edwards, RCAHMW, 19 October 2001.