MAES-Y-CASTELL FARM ENCLOSURE

Site Details

NPRN
304024
Map Reference
SN62NW
Grid Reference
SN60982986
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Talley
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Unknown

Site Description

A scarped knoll, ditched to the north, interpreted as 'a rather abnormal medieval earthwork castle', or as an IA defended enclosure. Possible cropmarks of a roundhouse in the northern part of the enclosure support the later interpretation.
(source Os495card; SN62NW5)
J.Wiles 25.02.02