Castle Pill, Milford

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Blackbridge; Steyton

In the community of Milford.
In the historic county of Pembrokeshire (Modern authority of Pembrokeshire, preserved county of Dyfed).

Sub-rectangular promontory enclosure, c.42m by 53m, formed by the scarping of natural slopes to the W and S, with a bank and ditch to the N and E. Walling 1.8m thick is recorded at the NE angle and it is possible that the weak E bank represents a fallen wall, terminating in a substantial building, 14.5m by 6.7m, projecting across the line of the ditch at the SE angle, although this has been noted as a later feature. A further enclosure was reported to the E (1925), but this has not been substantiated (1965). The remains are those of a medieval castle, but it is possible thast this reused an IA defended enclosure and that this used as a Civil War strongpoint.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SM91860642

Books

Hull, Lise, 2005, Castles and Bishops Palaces of Pembrokeshire (Logaston Press) p76
Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p31
Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p86 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p399
RCAHMW, 1925, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Pembrokeshire (HMSO) p390
Owen, Henry (ed), 1897, The Description of Pembrokeshire (Society of Cymmrodorion) Vol2 p417

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Castle Pill, Milford

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SM91860642

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