CASTELL GWYNIONYDD

Site Details

NPRN
303830
Map Reference
SN44SW
Grid Reference
SN42394205
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Llandysul
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Unknown

Site Description

Castell Gwynionydd is a D-shaped enclosure, some 50m north-east to south-east by 36m, defined by a crescent of rampart and ditch, resting on steep natural slopes above the Teifi on the south-east, having a north-east facing entrance between the rampart & these scarps: site identified with 'the castle of Gwynionydd'.

RCAHMW AP965051/46-7

J.Wiles 21.03.05