Castle Hill Placename, Tregynon

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are no visible remains

NameCastle Hill Placename, Tregynon
Alternative Names
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityTregynon

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record of medieval castle reads 'Name (Castle Hill) locally said to denote site of timber castle (CPAT site visit 1978). No corroboration)'

On the basis of the dedication and perhaps the shape of the churchyard, an early medieval origin might be postulated, but there is no substantive evidence for this assertion. The later, medieval history of Tregynon is equally obscure, though it formed part of the Knights Hospitallers' Halstone estate. Rising ground north of the crossroads has the name Castle Hill, but no evidence of a fortification has been deteched here. (Silvester 1992)

Gatehouse Comments

In village by crossroads and river crossing. Entirely feasible castle site but there is no actual physical or historic evidence of a castle here. A more likely explanation is this was a field in the demense of manor house, represented by the moat at SO09769834 (NRM 305908) which, while not being a fortification, may have been considered a 'castle' in the sense of the local administrative centre (and as a Hospitaller site may have had some symbolic martial symbolism).

- Philip Davis

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County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO098988
Latitude52.5793914794922
Longitude-3.3325400352478
Eastings309800
Northings298800
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 176 no. 904 online copy

Other

  • Evans, P., 2002, Castle Hill, Tregynon, Powys. Archaeological Desk-based Assessment and Field Evaluation
  • Kelly, S. and King, C., 2002, Badgers Head, Tregynon, Powys: Aracheological Evaluation & Watching Brief
  • Silvester, R.J., 1992, Montgomeryshire Historic Settlements (CPAT report 40) online copy