Pen Vain Mound

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NamePen Vain Mound
Alternative NamesPontvane
Historic CountryRadnorshire
Modern AuthorityPowys
1974 AuthorityPowys
CommunityGladestry

Natural mound. Formerly noted as a possible motte (Downman E A, 1916). (Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER)

A mound immediately behind the farmstead of Pen vain is marked upon the Ordnance sheet as an antiquity, but it is quite evidently a natural projection formed by the falling away of the soil from the greater part of a central core. (RCAHMW 1913)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO209501
Latitude52.1441192626953
Longitude-3.15653991699219
Eastings320960
Northings250150
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Books

  • Downman, E.A., 1916, Ancient Earthworks in Radnorshire p. 50 no. 46
  • RCAHMW, 1913, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Radnorshire (HMSO) p. 127 no. 535 online copy