UPPER LUGGY, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306761
Map Reference
SJ10SE
Grid Reference
SJ19890214
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Montgomeryshire
Community
Berriew
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

A ditched mound, c.40m in diameter and 8.6m high, summit diameter 14m. A D-shaped/subrectangular platform, c.42m by 40m, defined by scarps, up to 1.0m high, with traces of a ditch, adjoins on the E, both being actively eroded by the Luggy Brook on the N.
(source Os495card; SJ10SE2)
RCAHMW AP955003/45-7
J.Wiles 16.12.03