Pant y colin

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are uncertain remains

NamePant y colin
Alternative NamesPantycollin; Pant-y-colie; Pant-y-celyn
Historic CountryMonmouthshire
Modern AuthorityMonmouthshire
1974 AuthorityGwent
CommunityGwehelog Fawr

This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Hogg and King as a pit, not a mound as shown on some early OS maps.

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO367037
Latitude51.7288208007813
Longitude-2.91705989837646
Eastings336700
Northings203700
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Journals

  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 112 p. 77-124 (reject–Pit, not mound as shown on some editions of O.S. 6in.)