Collfryn Mound

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

There are uncertain remains

NameCollfryn Mound
Alternative NamesBoncyn y Gwilliaid; Cemmes
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityLlanbrynmair

This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Hogg and King and Spurgeon. Recorded as Non Antiquity in Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER.

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSH886119
Latitude52.6938400268555
Longitude-3.64880990982056
Eastings288650
Northings311910
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Books

  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 302
  • RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 21 no. 106 (as castle mount, without enclosure) 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)
  • Spurgeon, C.J., 1966, ‘The castles of Montgomeryshire’ Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 59 p. 56 online copy