CAER NODDFA, HOSPITAL OF THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER

Site Details

NPRN
304892
Map Reference
SN99NE
Grid Reference
SN9625096560
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Montgomeryshire
Community
Carno
Type of Site
ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence;Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
Unknown

Site Description

NAR SN99NE9

A hospital of the Knights of St John (Knights Hospitaller) was recorded in 1253.

Caer Noddfa is a rectilinear banked & ditched enclosure, about 132m north-west to south-east by 80-90m, set on level ground. It is partly obscurred by modern buildings.
Athough it has been identified as a Roman military work, similar to that at Cae Gaer (NPRN 92506), no Roman material was recovered in the excavations of 1909 (Pryce 1936) and 1964-5 (Putnam 1972).
Remains of medieval buildings, possibly the hospital, were uncovered in 1965 and were associated with 13-14th century pottery.

Sources: Pryce in Montgomeryshire Collections 44.1 (1936), 37-8
Putnam in Montgomeryshire Collections 62.2 (1972), 195-201
Jarrett 'The Roman Frontier in Wales' second edition (1969), 137-9

John Wiles 26.04.07