DOMEN GASTELL; WELSHPOOL, EARTHWORK CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306957
Map Reference
SJ20NW
Grid Reference
SJ2301807416
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Montgomeryshire
Community
Welshpool
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Domen Gastell is an oval enclosure, c.60m east-west by 44m, defined by a bank, up to 2.0m high. Attached on the south is a rather irregular motte, c.25-30m in diameter and 6.1m high, which gives the impression of being secondary to the enclosure. The castle has been much altered by its incorporation into the civic landscape of Welshpool, notably losing its ditches.

The interior of the enclosure has been levelled as a bowling green, with trees planted upon the bank and sundry pavilions constructed.

(source Os495card; SJ20NW4)
Possibly a predecessor of Powis Castle (Nprn29858).
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0002-4, 0488-90
RCAHMW AP955003/49
J.Wiles 07.11.02