MONTGOMERY TOWN WALLS

Site Details

NPRN
306412
Map Reference
SO29NW
Grid Reference
SO22279665
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Montgomeryshire
Community
Montgomery
Type of Site
TOWN DEFENCES
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

The remains of banks, ditches and, in parts, a counterscarp, define an irregular polygonal circuit, c.660m N-S by c.400m E-W, enclosing the medieval town and castle of Montgomery.
The town charter of 1227 allowed the construction of town walls, however the first murage grant does not occur untill 1267. The initial circuit is thought to have been pallisaded, replaced by a masonry wall and towers from c.1279, this circuit being depicted as ruined c.1610.
(source Os495card; SO29NW13)
RCAHMW AP955028/45-7
J.Wiles 11.09.02