TWDIN, CAERAU MOTTE

Site Details

NPRN
305038
Map Reference
SN95SW
Grid Reference
SN9230650136
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Brecknockshire
Community
Treflys
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR SN95SW2

A castle mound or motte set astride the south-western defences of Caerau Roman fort (NPRN 92153). The mound is 23m in diameter and 4.5m high and its level summit is 5.0-9.0m wide. An erstwhile duckpond on the north-east may have been a vestige of a moat.
Such mottes are often found in isolation and would have reared up beside otherwise unfortified courts or manor houses.

John Wiles 25.04.07