Bailey Placename, Painscastle

Has been described as a Questionable Uncertain

There are no visible remains

NameBailey Placename, Painscastle
Alternative Names
Historic CountryRadnorshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityPainscastle

Placename bailey (see OS, 1964) Poss indicative of a defended site. No further detail. (Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER)

Gatehouse Comments

Not a particularly convincing site for a castle but the place name may have migrated from the more convincing Mount Field placename 500m south. However the name was probably the welsh beili which has a more general meaning of enclosure.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO166497
Latitude52.1400909423828
Longitude-3.2191801071167
Eastings316660
Northings249780
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