CASTELL COTTRELL;COTTRELL CASTLE MOUND

Site Details

NPRN
307711
Map Reference
ST07SE
Grid Reference
ST08097450
Unitary (Local) Authority
The Vale of Glamorgan
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
St Nicholas and Bonvilston
Type of Site
MOTTE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

A flat-topped circular mound, 20m in diameter and 1.8m high, with traces of an encircling ditch, possibly counterscarped.
An episode of levelling and planting is recorded in 1862.
(sources: RCAHMW 1991, 53-4; Os495card; ST07SE9)
RCAHMW AP955171/59
J.Wiles 28.01.03