TOMENSEBA;DOMEN FAWR

Site Details

NPRN
303737
Map Reference
SN33NW
Grid Reference
SN32553702
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangeler
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR SN33NW1

Thought to be a medieval castle motte: a steep-sided, ditched circular mound, some 32m in diameter & rising 6.4m to a level summit, some 12.5m in diameter, where foundations are said to have been encountered; the ditch is is partially water-filled: there are no indications of any further works.

Several 'fforest' names occur in this locality.

Sources: RCAHM 1917 Carmarthen Inventory, 226;
RCAHMW AP965078/49

J.Wiles 28.10.03