Knighton Castle Mount

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cnicteton; Cnichton; Trefylco; Trefeclaud; Trefclawdd

In the community of Knighton.
In the historic county of Radnorshire (Modern authority of Powys, preserved county of Powys).

Motte with possible shell keep, or a small mutilated ringwork and bailey. An embanked mound enclosed by a modern wall, c.26m by 22.5m, the bank has been interpreted as a collapsed wall and traces of a projecting bastion to the N have been observed. To the S is an enclosure defined by modern property boundaries, c.51.5m by 38m. This may be the castle mentioned in 1181, 1191-3 and 1207

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 SO28427231

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; 300070

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1133

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlewales.com/knighton.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of Mid Wales (Malvern) p63
    Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p181
    Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p96
    Remfry, P., 1996, Castles of Radnorshire (Logaston Press) p112-3
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p408
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p361
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p691-2 [slight]
    RCAHMW, 1913, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Radnorshire (HMSO) p55
    Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p293
    Davies, Edwin (ed), William, Jonathan, 1905, A General History of the County of Radnor [reprinted from 1858, Archaeologia Cambrensis [ser3] Vol4] p218-9
• Journal Articles
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
    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
    Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp90-121
    Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol33 p106-12