Ucheldre Mound, Corwen

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameUcheldre Mound, Corwen
Alternative NamesUcheldref
Historic CountryMerioneth
Modern AuthorityDenbighshire
1974 AuthorityClwyd
CommunityCorwen

Formerly listed as a Norman castle motte, now thought to be just a natural mound. Considered by Spurgeon to be a natural hillock (Manley, J, Grenter, S & Gale, F, 1991, pp171). (Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER)

Gatehouse Comments

This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Hogg and King as a natural hillock.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ049452
Latitude52.9956207275391
Longitude-3.41876006126404
Eastings304900
Northings345210
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Books

  • Manley, J., Grenter, S. and Gale, F., 1991, The Archaeology of Clwyd p. 171
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 278
  • RCAHMW, 1921, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Merionethshire (HMSO) p. 18 no. 40 online copy

Journals

  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 119 p. 119-124 (reject)