Castell Du Placename, Llywel

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

There are no visible remains

NameCastell Du Placename, Llywel
Alternative Names
Historic CountryBrecknockshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityLlywel

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record of ? castle reads 'Placename suggestive of a defended site. No such feature noted by OS 1976; CPAT site visit 1981.'

Gatehouse Comments

Also recorded as ? Iron Age Hillfort despite site being in valley. Site is by a minor road and a ford. Although the name is probably misleading this might be the site of a minor fortification of the' knight's fee' farmstead type.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSN844288
Latitude51.9462203979492
Longitude-3.68242001533508
Eastings284440
Northings228870
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