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Llys Gwenllian, Castle

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NPRN306646
Map ReferenceSJ06SE
Grid ReferenceSJ0563064380
Unitary (Local) AuthorityDenbighshire
Old CountyDenbighshire
CommunityDenbigh
Type Of SiteMOTTE AND BAILEY
PeriodMedieval
Description
A roughly rectangular enclosure, c.75m by 54m, with a possibly ditched, rather polygonal motte, 24-25m in diameter and 6.5m high, at its SW end. The whole is defined by a ditch, with counterscarps on the NW and SW sides, and possible outworks on the NE; c.140m by 90m overall and obscured by farm buildings.
Associated with a daughter of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth.
(source Os495card; SJ06SE1)
J.Wiles 09.10.02