Maesgwyn mound

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameMaesgwyn mound
Alternative NamesGogia; Llowes
Historic CountryRadnorshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityGlasbury

This site has been considered by Hogg and King as a 'possible' (meaning doubtful) motte in 1963 but in 1970 was rejected as apparently a Cairn or barrow. The mound was excavated c.1930 and burnt bone and charcoal was found.

The monument comprises the remains of a round barrow, a burial mound probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in open moorland on the S-facing slopes of the Begwns. The grass-covered barrow is circular on plan and measures about 19.5m in diameter and up to 1.6m in height. There is a large central crater and an associated spoil heap situated on its SW side. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 26m in diameter. (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 ReferenceSO163435
Latitude52.0839385986328
Longitude-3.2216899394989
Eastings316380
Northings243540
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Books

  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 413 (reject)
  • RCAHMW, 1913, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Radnorshire (HMSO) p. 113 no. 461 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)
  • 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 (possible)

Other

  • Dunn, C.J., 1974, Radnorshire Barrows East of the River Ithon: a study of form distribution and siting (Unpublished, Cardiff)