Castell Abereinon

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cilcraig; Cil y Craig

In the community of Llandysul.
In the historic county of Cardiganshire (Modern authority of Ceredigion, preserved county of Dyfed).

Antiquarian reference to motte ("A circular moated tumulus, now called Cil y Craig"), but nothing survives. Suggested as a site for the Castell Abereinion recorded in 1169 and 1206, as a castle built by Rhys ap Griffith, which may otherwise be Domen Las (qv). Armitage writes it is marked on the 25-inch O.M. but King writes he has been all over the area and found no motte and that no edition of the Ordnance Map marks a mound. There is a quarry nearby and King suggests that it is possible that this reported mound may have been quarried away.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SN454427

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1837

Books

Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p44
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p48, 558
Owen, Henry (ed), 1936, The Description of Pembrokeshire (London) Vol4 p488-9
Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p301
Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1907, The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan (Brecon) p192
Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush, 1810, The History and Antiquities of the county of Cardigan (London) p146

Journal Articles

Thorburn, J., 1987, ‘Castell Abereinon, Llandysul’, Archaeology in Wales Vol27 p55
King, 1956, Ceredigion Vol3 p68

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