CASTELL CWMERE, TEMPLE BAR

Site Details

NPRN
303886
Map Reference
SN55SW
Grid Reference
SN53305442
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Llanfihangel Ystrad
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Unknown

Site Description

Castell Cwmere, Temple Bar, is a D-shaped enclosure, about 70m north-east to south-west by 50m, occupying the north-eastern end of a ridge above the confluence of two streams; a crescentic sweep of rampart and ditch faces along the ridge to the south-west, having an entrance gap at its eastern end, the enclosure being defined elsewhere by steep natural scarps.

Source: RCAHMW AP965052/64-6

J.Wiles 01.10.03