LLYSUN MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE
Site Details
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NPRN 306529
Map Reference SJ01SW
Grid Reference SJ03161007
Unitary (Local) Authority Powys
Old County Montgomeryshire
Community Llanerfyl
Type of Site MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class DEFENCE
Period Medieval
Site 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
