NAR SN64SE6

A flat-topped, rather conical mound, some 50m north-east to south-west by 40m and 7.0m high, that has previously been identified as a medieval castle motte: excavation on the eastern fringes of the mound, 1991-3, indicated that it was a structured spoil heap, made up of extraction & processing debris from Roman, & possibly earlier gold-mining.

Sources: Burnham 1997 (Britannis 28), 324-336;
Burnham & Burnham 2004 'Dolaucothi-Pumsaint 1987-1999', 225-90.

Part of:
Dolaucothi/Ogofau Roman mining complex (Nprn95141).

J.Wiles 10.01.05