PARC-Y-CASTELL;PARCYCASTELL

Site Details

NPRN
304129
Map Reference
SN24SE
Grid Reference
SN28834275
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Beulah
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR SN24SE1

Earthworks thought to represent the remains of a medieval castle mound, set upon the tip of a spur, facing north-eastwards across the Gwenffrwd valley: a subrectangular, ditched platform or mount, about 32m square & rising up to 1.5m high, having a near square summit area, about 25m across: the ditch is most prominent on the south-western front, where it faces onto rising ground: thought to have been substantively reduced in about 1964, the depiction on OS County series (Cardigan. XXXIX.13 1889) appears similar to current depictions.

J.Wiles 22.03.05