CASTELL LLWYN GWINAU

Site Details

NPRN
303560
Map Reference
SN66SE
Grid Reference
SN66906344
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Tregaron
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Unassigned
Period
Unknown;Medieval

Site Description

Castell Llwyn Gwinau is a circular mound, some 33m in diameter and 1.6m high, set upon the summit of an isolated hill. A parched stony ring, 2.0m wide & some 18.5m across, about the summit of the mound is thought to represent the remains of a wall. An earthfast slab on the north-east slopes of the mound is thought to be a step leading to an entrance. Aerial photographs clearly show a ditch about the mound's circumference.

J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 31 October 2005