BISHOP'S MOAT, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306400
Map Reference
SO28NE
Grid Reference
SO29098960
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Montgomeryshire
Community
Churchstoke
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Bishop's Moat is a ditched motte, 37m in diameter and 5.5m high, with a summit 12m in diameter, indented into a bean-shaped bailey, c.78.5m by 54m, defined by a bank, or scarps, with indications of a ditch.

(source Os495card; SO28NE8)
RCAHMW AP955028/55; 955029/56
J.Wiles 10.09.02