Dolbedwin Motte
Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)
There are earthwork remains
| Name | Dolbedwin Motte |
| Alternative Names | Talybedwyn Tump; Dolybedwyn; Newchurch; Llys Ifor; Dolbedwyn |
| Historic Country | Radnorshire |
| Modern Authority | Powys |
| 1974 Authority | Powys |
| Community | Gladestry |
Tree covered, roughly circular, square topped, mound, some 38m diameter 6m high. Base mutilated on NW by digging. Encircling ditch noted by Williams in 1858 no longer visible. (Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust HER)
A mound, 38m in diameter and 6.0m high, reputedly ditched in the 19th c., from which a Middle Bronze Age dirk came in 1835. (Coflein)
The monument comprises the remains of a possible motte, dating to the medieval period (c. 1066 -1540 AD). A motte is a large conical or pyramidal mound of soil and/or stone, usually surrounded by either a wet or dry ditch, and surmounted by a tower constructed of timber or stone. This feature occupies a north-west facing spur above the confluence of the Cwmila Brook with a minor stream. It is roughly circular with a square top, and is c.38m in diameter and up to c.6m high. It was described as having an encircling ditch in 1858 but this is no longer in evidence. There has been some damage on the north-west. (Scheduling Report)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
Not Listed
The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SO205490 |
| Latitude | 52.134391784668 |
| Longitude | -3.16208004951477 |
| Eastings | 320559 |
| Northings | 249089 |
