Castell Llainfawr

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are earthwork remains

NameCastell Llainfawr
Alternative NamesLlain-fawr
Historic CountryPembrokeshire
Modern AuthorityPembrokeshire
1974 AuthorityDyfed
CommunityEglwyswrw

This mound stands in the field immediately to the south of the farm-house of Llainfawr, about three-quarters of a mile south-east of the parish church. The remains are those of a mound, some 5 feet in height, surrounded by a ditch of which slight traces exist on all sides except the south, where it is lost in a boundary hedge. A small stream issuing from an adjacent spring runs to the west of the work. The field on which the mound is placed is known as Pare Castell ucha, the next field south as Pare Castell issa. (RCAHMW, 1925)

Earthworks thought to represent a medieval castle, set on low-lying, damp ground, a stream passing by its western side: a generally subrectangular, flat-topped mound, rising some 2.6m high, having a summit area of about 36m north-east to south-west by 26m, showing traces of a ditch about its south-east side & eastern angle, with a causewayed entrance apparent on the south-east. (Coflein)

Partial ringwork. The enclosure is defended by a 2.8m high rampart curving around three sides. The outer ditch has silted up, and the remaining flank has only a boggy stream for protection.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSN150373
Latitude52.003849029541
Longitude-4.69547986984253
Eastings215070
Northings237370
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Books

  • Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p. 247 (listed)
  • Hull, Lise, 2005, Castles and Bishops Palaces of Pembrokeshire (Logaston Press) p. 69
  • Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p. 30
  • Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p. 86 (slight)
  • Miles, Dillwyn, 1979 (Revised 1988), Castles of Pembrokeshire (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park) p. 5-7
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 393
  • RCAHMW, 1925, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Pembrokeshire (HMSO) p. 93 no. 234 online copy

Journals

  • King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol. 3 p. 90-127
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124