Pen y Gaer Placename, Berriew

Has been described as a Rejected Uncertain

There are no visible remains

NamePen y Gaer Placename, Berriew
Alternative Names
Historic CountryMontgomeryshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityBerriew

Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust record of ? castle reads 'Name suggests defended site. Possibly so named because on natural high ground.'

Gatehouse Comments

Isolated position of no strategic value however the RCAHMW does record this as near to the find site of two iron swords (although no statement of what date).

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO161995
Latitude52.586540222168
Longitude-3.24039006233215
Eastings316140
Northings299570
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1911, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p. 7 no. 26 online copy