Trwstllewelyn

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

There are uncertain remains

NameTrwstllewelyn
Alternative NamesTrwst Llewelyn
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityBerriew

This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Spurgeon as natural. Recorded as Non Antiquity in CARN.

At the northern corner of a field called Pen bryn, on the farm of Trwst Llewelyn, is a low bank of earth of not more than one or two feet in height, styled "Earthwork" upon the Ordnance map. It has no corresponding ditch, and, indeed, possesses no resemblance to a bank thrown up for defensive purposes. Its contiguity to the historic ford of the Severn called Rhyd Whimma, and the farm (and township) name, which is unquestionably ancient, has probably led to the naturally broken ground in Pen bryn field being taken for artificial defences. (RCAHMW)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO192984
Latitude52.5782203674316
Longitude-3.19318008422852
Eastings319250
Northings298450
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 5 no. 18 online copy

Journals

  • Spurgeon, C.J., 1966, ‘The castles of Montgomeryshire’ Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. 59 p. 57 online copy