Gwynedd Archaeological
Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record
Tomen Las Castle Mound
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 1744
Trust : Gwynedd
Site Type : MOTTE
Period : Unknown
Community : Pennal
NGR : SH69710026
Legal Protection : Scheduled Ancient Monument
Description :
Tomen Las - early castle. <1>
A small, steep sided castle mound is situated in marshy ground alongside a stream in the valley bottom of the Afon Pennal. It measures some 30m in diameter, has a flat top c.15m across and rises 4.5m above the surrounding land. A faint, wet depression around the SE quadrant may be the remains of an encircling ditch. There is no trace of a bailey. <2>
Visible on AP's. <3>
More or less as described. No damage to site. (Full details see FI File). DT 15/9/88. <4>
g2130-523 digitized form on U:G1230 <4>
Sources :
Cathcart King, D. J. & Hogg, A. H. A. , 1963 , Archaeologia Cambrensis , <1>
Ordnance Survey , 1972 , SH60SE 1 , <2>
Royal Air Force , 1946 , RAF 106G/UK 1468/4021-2 4546 , <3>
Thompson, D. , 1988 , PRN 1744 , <4>
Burnham, H. B. , 1994 , Tomen Las Castle Mound , <5>
Halfpenney, I. , 2004 , Tomen Las Castle Mound , <6>
Cathcart King, D. J. , 1983 , Castellarium Anglicanum , <7>
Events :
42146 : Me 043 Fmw Site Visit (year : 1994)
42147 : Prn 1744 Gat Site Visit (year : 1988)
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