St Illtyd's Motte, also known as St Illtyd Castle Mound, is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was probably destroyed by Llywelyn the Great in the early thirteenth century and not rebuilt. The remnants are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[2]
| St Illtyd's Motte | |
|---|---|
| Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales | |
  St Illtyd's Motte | |
| Coordinates | 51°42′38″N 3°08′03″W / 51.71050°N 3.13426°W |
| Type | Motte-and-bailey castle |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Private |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Official name | St Illtyd Castle Mound[1] |
| Designated | 14 May 1952[1] |
| Reference no. | MM141[1] |
The surviving motte is a roughly circular steep-sided, flat-topped mound about 36 metres (118 ft)[3] in diameter and 6.16 metres (20.2 ft) high. It is surrounded by a partially filled-in ditch that is 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) wide and 0.8 metres (2 ft 7 in) deep.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Cadw. "St Illtyd Castle Mound (MM141)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ a b "St. Illtyd's Motte". www.cofiadurcahcymru.org.uk. The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "St Illtyd's Castle Mound, or Twyn Motte (306241)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 3 October 2022.