Twmpin Placename, Llansantffraed

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameTwmpin Placename, Llansantffraed
Alternative Names
Historic CountryBrecknockshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityTalybont-on-usk

An old Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record of ? motte read 'Name indicative of a mound. Possible relates to natural feature (RCAHM archive). CPAT site visit 1981 notes a mound but fails to give any useful detail.' The newer record add 'There is a hummocky "ridge" to the west of the lake below Buckland Hall, with the land falling steeply to the Usk further to W. There is no trace of an archaeological feature. The lake has been formed by damming what appears to be an old meander in an abandoned river course, now some way above the river. (CPAT 2003)' but now classifies the site as a U mound.

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO128216
Latitude51.8868408203125
Longitude-3.26742005348206
Eastings312870
Northings221680
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Journals

  • CPAT, 1977, 'Welshpool' Archaeology in Wales Vol. 17 p. 23