Newtown Hall Motte

In the community of Newton and Llanllwchaiarn.
In the historic county of Montgomeryshire (Modern authority of Powys, preserved county of Powys).

After the fall of Dolforwyn, the local market was shifted from that site, down to the valley, where Roger Mortimer created Newtown in 1280. This would probably have been ramparted, and a mound rising to 5m with a 39m summit was built on the south side of the town. Foundations of a stone building were found by excavation in 1910, but this may have dated from 1641, when Sir John Price refortified the site during the English Civil War.

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 SO107914

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; 300896

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1034

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlewales.com/newtown.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of Mid Wales (Malvern) p47
    Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p152
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p299
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    RCAHMW, 1911, An Inventory of Ancient Monuments in Montgomeryshire (HMSO) p161-2 No818
• Journal Articles
  • Spurgeon, C.J., 1966, ‘The castles of Montgomeryshire’ Montgomeryshire Collections Vol58 p16-7
    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
    1911-12, Transactions of the Caedwain Field Club p43