MORGRAIG CASTLE;CASTELL MORGRAIG

Site Details

NPRN
94525
Map Reference
ST18SE
Grid Reference
ST15998438
Unitary (Local) Authority
Caerphilly
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Caerphilly
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Morgraig Castle is thought to have been raised in the mid thirteenth century and possibly never completed. The site consists of a rather irregular pentagonal enclosure, c.38-42m in diameter, defined by walls and towers.

J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 7 February 2003