Capel Pentyrch Enclosure

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are no visible remains

NameCapel Pentyrch Enclosure
Alternative Names
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityLlanfair Caereinion

Stretch of curvilinear bank some 3m wide and up to 1m high with shallow external ditch apparently forming the NE quadrant of a much reduced enclosure. Probably originally sub-circular or 'D-shaped' though the S and W parts obliterated by modern road and recent agriculture. Possibly original 80m across. Sited on S lip of river valley below southern slopes of Moel Bentyrch hillfort. (Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER of ?ringwork)

The field in which the given NGR lies is marked by an uneven, undulating surface of roughly parallel ridges and troughs. These fade towards the crest of the slope which is thus accentuated in places, especially on the W. On the E a more regular arc of broad banking is about 26m long but makes little sense as an artificial feature. (Coflein)

Gatehouse Comments

Whilst clearly most likely as an Iron Age domestic enclosure the situation is not without merit as a administrative centre (which is presumably the reason for putting a later chapel here) and medieval use of the site can not be totally excluded, though probably nothing which would warrant the description of castle.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ055089
Latitude52.6699104309082
Longitude-3.39755988121033
Eastings305590
Northings308940
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