Parc yr Hen Gastell

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameParc yr Hen Gastell
Alternative NamesCastell Llain Mabws
Historic CountryPembrokeshire
Modern AuthorityPembrokeshire
1974 AuthorityDyfed
CommunityMathry

A ploughed-down, sub-rectanguar embanked enclosure, 27m by 47m, with a possible entrance and rectilinear annex to the E. The site may possibly be connected with a medieval settlement, "Maboris" recorded in the general vicinity. Recorded from the air on 10th April 2003, still under plough and visible as soil mark. (Coflein as ?Iron Age, ?Medieval Defended Enclosure)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSM888306
Latitude51.9344902038574
Longitude-5.07319021224976
Eastings188800
Northings230600
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1925, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Pembrokeshire (HMSO) p. 221 no. 670 online copy
  • Laws, E. and Owen, H., 1908, Archaeological Survey of Pembrokeshire 1896-1907 (Tenby)

Journals

  • Crossley, D.W., 1963, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies
  • Nash-Williams, V.E., 1933, Archaeologia Cambrensis

Other

  • Murphy, K., 2004, Assessment of Prehistoric Defended Enclosures 2004-5, Report No 2004-100 ,