BLEDDFA CASTLE;BLEDEACH CASTLE;BLEDVACH CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306354
Map Reference
SO26NW
Grid Reference
SO20856830
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Radnorshire
Community
Llangunllo
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

The surviving remains of the motte at Beddfa amount to a mutilated oval mound, c.46m by 36m, ditched with a counterscarp. The surrounding bailey is rectangular, measuring approximately 100m by 60m, and is defined by slight scarps and hedgelines. Traces of masonry have been noted on the mound summit. The castle is first recorded 1195 and is said to have been derelict in 1304.
(source Os45card; SO26NW3)

J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 12 January 2004