BUILTH CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
92025
Map Reference
SO05SW
Grid Reference
SO0439251034
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Brecknockshire
Community
Builth
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Originally raised in the late eleventh century and re-fortified in stone between 1277 and 1282, Builth Castle was once described as "a fair castel of the Kinges". It was probably demolished in the late sixteenth century but the surviving earthworks now appear both complex and powerful. They are 140m by 151m overall.
(source OS495 card; SO05SW4)
J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 31 July 2002