Maesteg Mound

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are no visible remains

NameMaesteg Mound
Alternative Names
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityLlanfechain

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record of ? motte reads 'Possible barrow some 10.8m diameter and 1m high. Described by RCAHM 1911 as much ploughed. No visible traces seen by CPAT site visit 1978. Presumably ploughed out.'

Gatehouse Comments

Doesn't seem any real question that this was anything other than a barrow.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ194204
Latitude52.7752914428711
Longitude-3.19616007804871
Eastings319450
Northings320470
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 90 no. 456 online copy

Other

  • Gibson, A M 1998 Prehistoric Funerary & Ritual Sites: Upper Severn Valley (CPAT report)