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Bedwas, Domen

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NPRN307787
Map ReferenceST18NE
Grid ReferenceST1749087850
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityVan
Type Of SiteMOTTE
PeriodMedieval
Description
What appears to be a natural mound has been scarped, ditched and counterscarped, producing a mound, truncated on the S by a disused railway, presently c.40m in diameter and 3.5m high, with a rampart about the summit defining a sub-circular area, c.18-20m in diameter.
The mound has been used as a setting for ornamental planting and the summit enclosure has reputedly served as a cockpit.

Sources:
RCAHMW 1991 Glamorgan Inventory vol.3 part 1a 'The Earlier Castles', 102-104.
RCAHMW air photos: 94-CS-0601; 945079/53-4.
OS record card ST18NW4.

J.Wiles 07.02.2003