CASTELL BUGAD, LAMPETER

Site Details

NPRN
303860
Map Reference
SN54NE
Grid Reference
SN59104828
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Lampeter
Type of Site
NATURAL FEATURE
Broad Class
Unassigned
Period
Unknown

Site Description

NAR SN54NE1

A natural knoll, once thought to be a motte: may be connected with 'Gwestfa Kestyll Bygeyd' (Dodgshon 1994 in Cardigan. County Hist. I, 348).

'Two long barrels of fire arms' were reportedly found 'buried in the sand & gravel of the mound' (Davies in Trans. Cardigan. Ant. Soc. 9 (1933), 35).

Following ploughing (Sept. 2001) the site produced quantities of rubble, some with mortar adhering, and a sherd of early post medieval (? 17th century) pottery.

J.Wiles 12.02.02