Nant Fagl Mound, Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)
There are uncertain remains
| Name | Nant Fagl Mound, Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant |
| Alternative Names | Castell Moch; Castellmoch |
| Historic Country | Montgomeryshire |
| Modern Authority | Powys |
| 1974 Authority | Powys |
| Community | Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant |
This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Spurgeon as glacial mound. King rejects this site but also confuses it with Castell Moch Fawr This is the site that is 'merely a conspicuous piece of Riverbank' but it is not the site mentioned by Richards and Spurgeon p. 31
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SJ120246 |
| Latitude | 52.8123512268066 |
| Longitude | -3.30631995201111 |
| Eastings | 312040 |
| Northings | 324660 |
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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. 126 no. 637 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
- 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