Clyn Pattel Mound

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameClyn Pattel Mound
Alternative NamesCrinow Castle; Green Castle; Glynpatel; Clun Pattel
Historic CountryPembrokeshire
Modern AuthorityPembrokeshire
1974 AuthorityDyfed
CommunityNarberth

This mound, situated on the farm of Clun Pattel, is locally known as Green Castle, but it seems to possess no history, nor could any tradition relating to it be traced. The Tithe Schedule (No. 38) gives the name of the field within which the mound is placed as Castle Meadow; and this, together with the marked resemblance of the hillock to the usual military mounds of the county, dispels all doubts as to its original purpose. The mound has a base circumference of 360 feet. Its height is 15 feet; the diameter of the flat summit is 30 feet. Slight traces of a moat remain, but there are no signs of a bailey. The mound is within 50 yards of the parish church. (RCAHMW)

Earthworks thought to represent a medieval castle mount: a steep-sided sub-circular mound, some 32-34m across & 4.5m high, having a rather irregular summit area, some 17-20m across; there are traces of a ditch on the south & west, elsewhere the mound rises above the confluence of two minor watercourses: to the west a rectangular area, some 30m across, between the mound-ditch & a pond. (Coflein)

Motte and Bailey 0.7 - 0.9m high with flat top c 25m in diameter. Surrounded by a ditch in a stream bed on NW and SW, and a dry ditch on the W 3m wide and 20cm deep. Situated in a field used for pasture. (Scheduling Report)

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSN128141
Latitude51.7948188781738
Longitude-4.71541976928711
Eastings212840
Northings214180
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Books

  • Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p. 247 (listed)
  • Hull, Lise, 2005, Castles and Bishops Palaces of Pembrokeshire (Logaston Press) p. 92
  • Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p. 178
  • Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p. 34
  • Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p. 86 (slight)
  • Miles, Dillwyn, 1979 (Revised 1988), Castles of Pembrokeshire (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park) p. 5-7
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 392
  • RCAHMW, 1925, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Pembrokeshire (HMSO) p. 84 no. 202 online copy

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