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PEN-Y-CLAWDD COURT, CASTLE

Site Details



NPRN
306454
Map Reference
SO32SW
Grid Reference
SO30992009
Unitary (Local) Authority
Monmouthshire
Old County
Monmouthshire
Community
Crucorney
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description


A sub-circular ditched mound, c.28-30m in diameter and 2.4m high, without which on the N & W are two banks either side of a wet moat, the top of these banks are approximatly level with the summit of the mound, & it is suggested that this has been subject to landscaping (see Nprn401612); on the SE are the house, enclosures & outbuildigs of Pen-y-Clawdd Court (Nprn20628, 43337); together these features appear to be set within a poorly defined subrectangular enclosure, c.150m NNW-SSE by 135m.

(source Os495card; SO32SW15)

RCAHMW AP94-CS 0560
RCAHMW AP945074/52-4

J.Wiles 16.09.02