TOMEN-Y-CASTELL OT TOMEN GASTELL

Site Details

NPRN
406424
Map Reference
SH93NE
Grid Reference
SH9504037223
Unitary (Local) Authority
Gwynedd
Old County
Merioneth
Community
Llandderfel
Type of Site
MOUND
Broad Class
Unassigned
Period
Unknown

Site Description

NAR SH93NE5

A roughly circular mound set hard by the point where the road east of Bala crosses the Nant Meloch and washed by its waters and those of a tributary, on the north and east sides. The mound has been identified as a castle mount, although it is more often thought to be a natural feature.
The mound is about 50m across and 4.0-5.0m high with a level summit some 18-20m across. Where it is not fringes by streams the mound is bordered by the road on the south and a garden on the west, so that there is no trace of a ditch, if this existed.

Source: History of Merioneth II (2001), 413

John Wiles 10.07.07