Owain Glyndwrs Mount
Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Owain Glyndwrs Mount |
| Alternative Names | Glyndyfrdwy; Owen Glendower's Mound |
| Historic Country | Merioneth |
| Modern Authority | Denbighshire |
| 1974 Authority | Clwyd |
| Community | Corwen |
A ditched mound set upon a hillock above the Dee rivercliff. Traditionally Owen Glyndwr's ancestral castle. The mound is 36m in diameter and 6.5m high, with a level summit 12m across. There is no trace of a bailey or other defensive outworks. It can be associated with the moat, about 180m to the east, Owen Glyndwr's house (NPRN 306829). There are several examples in Merioneth where a manor or mansion is associated with a castle mound, for example Rug (NPRN 306598), Crogen (NPRN 306558) and Prysor (NPRN 308964). A second possile castle mound, now considered to be a natural feature, lies about 1.0km to the east (Hendom - NPRN 406423). Owain Glyndwr's Mount is one of two castle sites in Edeirnion commote. The other is at Rug (NPRN 306598) on the other bank of the Dee. (Coflein–John Wiles 10.07.07)
A motte and bailey castle comprises a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil or stone (the motte) surrounded by, or adjacent to, one or more embanked enclosures (the bailey). Both may be surrounded by wet or dry ditches and could be further strengthened with palisades, revetments, and/or a tower on top of the motte. (Scheduling Report)
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 Reference | SJ125431 |
| Latitude | 52.9783515930176 |
| Longitude | -3.30416011810303 |
| Eastings | 312530 |
| Northings | 343130 |
