Cae Gawr Placename, Llandrinio

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are earthwork remains

NameCae Gawr Placename, Llandrinio
Alternative Names
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityLlandrinio

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER report, citing the RCAHMW inventory, records this as placename evidence of castle, whilst also stating it probably relates to Iron Age fort nearby and not significant.

Gatehouse Comments

Low hill top overlooking main road. What was the reason was for ever thinking Cae Gawr (Giant's field) was placename evidence of anything other than field? In the Inventory the site is recorded in Divsion VI (Sites of Historic or Antiquarian Interest) but described just a 'A field on Rhysnant farm.'

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ260174
Latitude52.748779296875
Longitude-3.09732007980347
Eastings326000
Northings317460
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 76 no. 382 online copy