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Llysun Motte and Bailey Castle

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NPRN306529
Map ReferenceSJ01SW
Grid ReferenceSJ0316010070
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityLlanerfyl
Type Of SiteMOTTE AND BAILEY
PeriodMedieval
Description
Llyssun Castle is a motte and bailey castle resting on a scarp above the Banwy floodplain. The ditched motte is c.20m in diameter and 4.0m high, with a summit only 4.0m in diameter, with the bailey to the west represented by a sub-rectangular scarped platform, 16m by 12m.

The placename 'Llyssum' may be significant.

(source Os495card; SJ01SW5)
RCAHMW AP94-CS 1768
RCAHMW AP945180/41-2
J.Wiles 24.09.02
Resources
DownloadTypeSourceDescription
application/pdfAENT - Archaeological Reports/Evaluations (non Trust)Llysun Motte and Bailey SAM MG072 Completion Report prepared by AQB Historic Landcapes and deposited with NMRW as a condition of scheduled monument consent, 2015.
application/pdfCPATP - Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust Project ArchivesCPAT Report No 1243 "Llysun Motte MG072, Llanerfyl. Survey and Recording" prepared by S. Watson, 2014.