CASTELL MAWR, LLANBOIDY

Site Details

NPRN
304225
Map Reference
SN22SW
Grid Reference
SN21882310
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanboidy
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Castell Mawr, Llanboidy, comprises earthworks of a medieval motte and bailey castle, laid out along the crest of a north-west to south-east ridge rising above a stream confluence. The ditched motte is a subcircular steep-sided mound, 36m in diameter and rising some 2.3m to a summit area 14.5-16m across, and has a subrectangular court, or bailey, some 46m north-south by 30m, defined by scarps, attached on the west.

J.Wiles 29.03.05