Pen Sarn Earthwork, Llansantffraid
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)
There are uncertain remains
| Name | Pen Sarn Earthwork, Llansantffraid |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Montgomeryshire |
| Modern Authority | Powys |
| 1974 Authority | Powys |
| Community | Llansantffraid |
This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Spurgeon as river erosion feature. Recorded in Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER as 'Non antiquity.'
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SJ208179 |
| Latitude | 52.7531890869141 |
| Longitude | -3.17400002479553 |
| Eastings | 320820 |
| Northings | 317900 |
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Books
- RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 129-30 no. 657 online copy
Journals
- Spurgeon, C.J., 1966, ‘The castles of Montgomeryshire’ Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 59 p. 57 online copy
- Jones, T.G., 1871, 'History of the parish of Llansantffraid-yn-Mechain' Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 4 p. 90