LLANLLWNI MOUNT

Site Details

NPRN
303828
Map Reference
SN44SE
Grid Reference
SN474413
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanllwni
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval?

Site Description

NAR SN44SE3

A ditched subrectangular mound, formed from the summit of an abrupt ridge above the Teifi gorge, thought to represent a medieval castle motte: the mound, its summit about 20m NNW-SSE by at least 28m, rises up to 9.0m above steep natural scarps on the north, defined elsewhere by a 3.0m wide ditch, obscurred by the churchyard to the west: cists containing burials were encountered during the contruction of the mauseleum set over the western part of the mound area.

Sources: Arch. Cam. 4th series 9 (1878), 344-5;
RCAM 1917 Carmarthen Inventory, 175 No. 523.

J.Wiles 04.03.05