CWM CLAIS, MOTTE;CASTELL BOLAN

Site Details

NPRN
307228
Map Reference
SS79SE
Grid Reference
SS76789202
Unitary (Local) Authority
Neath, Port Talbot
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Cwmavon
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

A ditched mound, 26-28m in diameter, apparently consisting of a lower banked mound, c.3.0m high with a lesser mound, c.3.0m high placed eccentically upon it; set on the tip of a NW-facing spur, the ditch apparently being counterscarped to the SE.
(source Os495card; SS79SE20)
J.Wiles 05.10.04