CAER CASTELL RING MOTTE

Site Details

NPRN
95148
Map Reference
ST28SW
Grid Reference
ST22698034
Unitary (Local) Authority
Cardiff
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Rumney
Type of Site
RINGWORK
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR ST28SW13
Located on the edge of marshy ground, the mound about 45m in overall diameter its top once embanked to enclose an area of about 33m diameter, the bank now largely levelled. It is about 9m high above the marsh, 4m above the ditch on the N.
Some garden landscaping has recently been carried out in the N and E ditch areas but the site is otherwise covered in trees, shrubs and brambles.

visited DKL 24 November 1988