Hendy Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Ystum Enlli South; Llanedy

In the community of Llanedi.
In the historic county of Carmarthenshire (Modern authority of Carmarthenshire, preserved county of Dyfed).

Mound and square enclosure. Davis writes "On the west edge of a low ridge is a 7m high motte with a summit 9-11m across, and a well marked muddy ditch... About 100m away on the opposite side of the ridge is a very overgrown bank and ditch enclosure about 30m by 40m overall. " The enclosure is Bank Llwyndomen (qv)

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SN58410322

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

National Monuments Record number; 300142

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 701

Books

Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p58
Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p43
Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p47 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p56
Richard, A.J., 1935, in Lloyd, J.E. (ed), History of Carmathenshire (Cardiff) Vol1 p272-3
RCAHMW, 1917, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Carmarthenshire (HMSO) p113-4
Morgan, W.E.L., 1899, An Antiquarian Survey of East Gower, Glamorganshire (London) p8-9

Journal Articles

Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol33 p106-12 [listed, with Bank Llwyndomen as precussor to Hugh's Castle]

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