TWMPATH GARMON; CASTLE CAEREINION, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306739
Map Reference
SJ10NE
Grid Reference
SJ1635205526
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Montgomeryshire
Community
Castle Caereinion
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Twmpath Garmon is a somewhat irregular mound, c.14-16m in diameter and 3.0m high, at the north angle of Castle Caereinion churchyard. It is identified as the motte of a castle recorded in 1156-1167. A series of yew tree-topped mounds in the south part of the churchyard may represent the bailey bank, indicating an enclosed area of c.70m by 60m.

It is alternatively a preaching mound, associated with the cult of Garmon (see Nprn's306787 & 306788).

(source OS495 card; SJ10NE7)
RCAHMW AP965067/55
J.Wiles 16.10.2002