The Gatehouse website record for Llanddew Palace

In the community of Llanddew. In the historic county of Brecknockshire (Modern authority of Powys, preserved county of Powys).

Some stone remains of fortified palace/castle of bishop's of St Davids, which was also a residence of the archdeacons of Brecon including, in the late C12, Giraldus Cambrensis
Residence of the Bishop of St Davids, also site of Archdeacon of Brecon's residence from at least the later 12th century; ruinous by early 16th century: an irregular quadrilateral, about 90m north-east to south-west by 85m, bounded by a stretch of ditch, or moat on the north-east, elsewhere the remains of a wall about the south-western & part of the north-west side; there are remains of substantial masonry buildings on the north-west, including a possible hall block, about 18m north-east to south-west by 12m; towards the centre of the south-west front is a projecting bastion adjoining 'Bishop Gower's Well': recent clearance work on the hall block (Jones 2004 (AW 43 (2003), 145) revealed that the hall was set over a vaulted basement, 15m by 7.0m. (Coflein)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO05543079

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's National Monument Record (Coflein) number is 25081
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 50492 and others '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.

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