NAR SN76NW6

1. Circular motte near Cwm Meurig, which is to the NE of Ystradmeurig. Visible on AP.
E.J.Stapley, 10/8/00.

2. A steep-sided, flat-topped circular, apparently ditched mound, about 23m in diameter & 5.0m high, having a 10m diameter summit area, showing the clear scar of an excavation trench on the east; possible indications of a curvilinear enclosure, roughly 40-50m across, on the north: there is no evidence to support the suggestion that this site represents the original castle of Ystrad Meurig, predecessor of the complex enclosure, 1.5km to the west (Nprn300842).

RCAHMW AP95-CS 432
RCAHMW AP955043/61-2

J.Wiles 23.09.04