Hendy Castle

Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameHendy Castle
Alternative NamesYstum Enlli South; Llanedy
Historic CountryCarmarthenshire
Modern AuthorityCarmarthenshire
1974 AuthorityDyfed
CommunityLlanedi

A 5m high castle mound located in a horse-shoe bend of the River Lougher. Densely overgrown with trees and brambles. A ditched subcircular flat-topped mound, about 35-40m in diameter. (Coflein)

On the west edge of a low ridge is a 7m high motte with a summit 9-11m across, and a well marked muddy ditch... About 100m away on the opposite side of the ridge is a very overgrown bank and ditch enclosure about 30m by 40m overall. (Davis 2000)

The monument comprises the remains of a motte and ditch, dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD). A motte is a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil and/or stone, usually surrounded by either a wet or dry ditch, and surmounted by a tower constructed of timber or stone. Hendy Castle mound rises to 20ft above the sourrounding ditch and measures 15ft in diameter across the top. (Scheduling Report)

Gatehouse Comments

The enclosure mentioned by Davis is Bank Llwyndomen

- 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 ReferenceSN584032
Latitude51.709831237793
Longitude-4.05073022842407
Eastings258410
Northings203220
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Books

  • Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p. 236 (listed)
  • Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p. 58
  • Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p. 43
  • Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p. 47 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 56
  • Richard, A.J., 1935, in Lloyd, J.E. (ed), History of Carmathenshire (Cardiff) Vol. 1 p. 272-3
  • Rees, Wm, 1932, Map of South Wales and the Border in the 14th century (Ordnance Survey) (A handbook to the map was published in 1933)
  • RCAHMW, 1917, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Carmarthenshire (HMSO) p. 113-4 no. 327 online copy
  • Morgan, W.E.L., 1899, An Antiquarian Survey of East Gower, Glamorganshire (London) p. 8-9

Journals

  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124 (possible)
  • Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol. 33 p. 106-12 (listed, with Bank Llwyndomen as precussor to Hugh's Castle)