Castle Placename, Painscastle

Has been described as a Rejected Uncertain

There are no visible remains

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

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record of placename evidence of castle.

Gatehouse Comments

Small building marked castle shown on 1st edition OS map. On edge of farmland and open moor. Is this a shepherds hut with an ironic name or a piece of land in the Pain's castle demense? Can be rejected as the site of any form of medieval fortification.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO153450
Latitude52.0968208312988
Longitude-3.23772001266479
Eastings315330
Northings245090
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