In the community of Painscastle. In the historic county of Radnorshire (Modern authority of Powys, preserved county of Powys).
| This site has been described as a; Timber Castle. |
Confidence: It is doubtful that this site was a medieval fortification or palace. | Earthworks remains. |
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Air Photo and general mapping |
Mid to late 19th century maps |
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Landscape form and features |
General location and route planning |
Geograph British Isles |
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This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 4300 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.
Most of the sites or buildings
recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public and permission
to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner or tenant. |
The information on this web page
may be derived from information compiled by and/or copyright of the Royal
Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales,
the four
welsh archaeological trusts and other individuals and organisations.
All the sources given should be consulted to identify the original
copyright holder and permission obtained from them before use of
the information on this site for commercial purposes. I do
not receive any income from this site and I fund it myself. The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others. Suggestions for finding online and/or hard copies of bibliographical sources can be seen at this link. |
It is an offence to disturb a
Scheduled Ancient Monument without consent. It is a destruction of
everyone's heritage to remove archaeological evidence from any site
without proper recording and reporting. Don't use metal detectors on historic sites without authorisation. |
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me if you see errors
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