TWYN-Y-GREGEN MOTTE, CLYTHA
Site Details
NPRN 306421
Map Reference SO30NE
Grid Reference SO36270966
Unitary (Local) Authority Monmouthshire
Old County Monmouthshire
Community Llanarth (Monmouthshire)
Type of Site MOTTE
Broad Class Defence
Period Medieval
Site Description Twyn-y-gregen motte is located on the south side of the A40 road. It is a circular mound measuring about 20m in diameter and 5m high, ditched except where it rests on steep natural slopes to the east; to the south part of the mound has been consumed by a sand pit. Excavations in 1936 produced high quality thirteenth-century pottery but no structural evidence.
Sources:
OS record card SO30NE7.
RCAHMW air photos: 945055/52.
J.Wiles 11.09.02
