NPRN306218
Map ReferenceSO19NE
Grid ReferenceSO1753096320
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityLlandyssil
Type Of SiteMOTTE AND BAILEY
PeriodMedieval
DescriptionCefn Bryntalch is an earthwork castle formed by adapting a ridge-end position above the Severn to produce two enclosures. The lower of these, c.40m by 20m, embanked and with a causewayed entrance, is open towards an upper work, c.28m by 20m, itself completely embanked. The whole is ditched about with a counterscarp, c.155m by 76m overall.
(source Os495card;SO19NE4)
J.Wiles 29.08.02