Guyn

Has been described as a Rejected Uncertain

There are uncertain remains

NameGuyn
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil Parish

Castle mentioned by Leland as 'a large castle'. In list of Herefordshire castles between Grosmont and Longton (Longtown).

Gatehouse Comments

Guyn may well be a corrupted version of the welsh 'Gwyn' and this castle is White Castle, Monmouthshire. Rejected as a lost unidentified castle in Herefordshire.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
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Antiquarian

  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England  (Sutton Publishing) p. 225
  • Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1909, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 4 p. 167 online copy