Castle Hill Placename, Guilsfield

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are no visible remains

NameCastle Hill Placename, Guilsfield
Alternative NamesCae Llewelyn
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityGuilsfield

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record of ? medieval castle reads 'Names Castle Hill - Castle Hill Lane suggest defended site. No further details. Possibly related to Gaer Fawr PAR 93 some 1000m to SW.'

A farm so named (Tithe Schedule, No. 469), but there is now no appearance of any defensive structure. The field immediately to the east of the farmstead, and abutting upon Castle Hill Lane, is called in the Tithe Schedule (No. 466), 'Cae Llewelyn.' (RCAHMW)

Gatehouse Comments

Castle Hill seems to have a clear identity and a relationship with Gaer Fawr is by no means certain. Was this the location of a 'knight's fee' type farmstead with a, now lost, small motte of which there are numerous local examples?

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ218140
Latitude52.7181510925293
Longitude-3.15815997123718
Eastings321860
Northings314010
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 45 no. 228 online copy