CASTELL NONNI;CASTELL PRYSG

Site Details

NPRN
303794
Map Reference
SN43NE
Grid Reference
SN49483986
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanllwni
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR SN43NE7

A steep-sided circular mound, set on the tip of a gentle spur on generalloy north-west facing hillslopes, thought to represent a medieval castle motte; the mound is about 28m in diameter & rising 3.4m to 4.0m to a level summit some 16m across; there are traces of a ditch about the south-eastern part of the mound, but no indications of any further works.

Source: RCAHM 1917 Carmarthen Inventory, 175 No.524.
RCAHMW AP965050/68

J.Wiles 04.03.05