St Harmon Church Mound

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are no visible remains

NameSt Harmon Church Mound
Alternative NamesSt Garmon
Historic CountryRadnorshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunitySt Harmon

Mound at SW corner of church original shape obscured possible motte (Phillips, 1935). (Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER)

Churchyard protected on 3 sides by bank and ditch (Though this may be Dark Age feature.) Mound not now apparent (OS 1978)'.

In common with other Welsh settlements where the church dedication is to SI Garmon, the churchyard contained a mound (PAR 3376) in its south-west quadrant. This may have been deliberately levelled for it is no longer discemible. (Silvester 1994)

Gatehouse Comments

Railway embankment runs next to church but Phillips states mound was there in 1821. This is an entirely feasible castle location, in village and commanding river crossing. A Dark Age origin for the defences around the church does not exclude post-Conquest medieval use (cf. Cwrt Llechrhyd). However Phillips description, whilst vague, doesn't suggest even a small motte, although the evidence for a defensive site is not entirely dependent on this lost mound. Silvester appears to be suggesting the mound was a preaching mound.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSN988728
Latitude52.3440895080566
Longitude-3.48611998558044
Eastings298880
Northings272850
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Journals

  • Phillips, D.W., 1935, 'Notes on some monuments in Radnorshire' Transactions of the Radnorshire Society Vol. 5 p. 25 online copy

Other

  • Silvester, R.J., 1994, Radnorshire Historic Settlements (CPAT report) p. 152 online copy