TOMENLAWDDOG

Site Details

NPRN
303730
Map Reference
SN33NE
Grid Reference
SN35983625
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangeler
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

The earthworks of a medieval motte & bailey castle at Tomenlawddog include a ditched, steep-sided mound, some 30-32m in diameter, rises 6.0m to a level summit area, some 10m across; on the west, scarps describe the south & western sides of a rectangular bailey, about 50m square; further scarps observed in the churchyard to the north suggest a further enclosure, or that the western bailey originally extended further to the north.

Source: RCAHMW AP965078/42-3

J.Wiles 31.03.05