TALYBONT CASTLE; HUGH'S CASTLE;CASTELL DU

Site Details

NPRN
303962
Map Reference
SN50SE
Grid Reference
SN58680267
Unitary (Local) Authority
Swansea
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Grovesend
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Talybont Castle is a circular, ditched, flat-topped mound, c.32-5m in diameter, the counterscarp of which extends to enclose an irregular area, c.50m E-W by 40m, to the S. Erosion to the motte revealed it to have been based on a natural mound. Royal Commission aerial photography in drought summers has clearly revealed the plough-levelled ditches of the former bailey, with an obvious gateway, as well as wider-spreading ditches possibly representative of outer defences or annexes.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 17th July 2008.