BRYN DERWEN, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306217
Map Reference
SO19NE
Grid Reference
SO16359525
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Montgomeryshire
Community
Llandyssil
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

A greatly mutilated motte and bailey, resting on steep rivurine scarps to the W, where the motte (?c.38m in diameter) appears to have been almost entirely robbed, leaving traces of its ditch and counterscarp, c.67-72m in diameter. The area of the bailey (c.70m square) to the NE is occupied by buildings belonging to Bryn Derwen (Nprn21348).
(source Os495card; SO19NE3)
RCAHMW AP945026/54-5; 955036/43-4
J.Wiles 29.08.02