PENCASTELL;CASTELL MAIR;Y-CASTELL

Site Details

NPRN
303798
Map Reference
SN43NW
Grid Reference
SN40243794
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangeler
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR SN43NW3

Thought to be a medieval castle motte, set on a relatively level shelf on north-west facing hillslopes: a steep-sided moated mound, about 36m in diameter & rising 6.1m to a summit area some 24m in diameter, dished up to 1.0m deep: an excavation made in the centre of the summit, 'some years' before 1931, reportedly cut through alternating charcoal & soil layers, one of the upper charcoal layers containing pot sherds &'thin bones'.

Source: Jones 1931 (Trans. Carm. Ant. Soc. & Field Club 23), 32.

Possible traces of further works are visible to west.

Source: RCAHMW AP965049/51-2

J.Wiles 07.09.04