Allt yr Esgair Enclosure

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are earthwork remains

NameAllt yr Esgair Enclosure
Alternative Names
Historic CountryBrecknockshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityTalybont-on-usk

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER record of ? ringwork reads 'Oval banked enclosure some 42m NW-SE by 26m wide with entrance at NW end and having its interior subdivided along major axis' Isolated,

Gatehouse Comments

Set upon a ledge on otherwise steep slopes beneath Allt-yr-Yscrin hillfort and not a location for a castle, probably Iron Age.

- Philip Davis

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 ReferenceSO123242
Latitude51.909351348877
Longitude-3.27603006362915
Eastings312310
Northings224200
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