St Illtyd'S Motte

St Illtyd's Motte is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was probably destroyed by Llywelyn the Great in the early thirteenth century and not rebuilt. The remnants are a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The surviving motte is a roughly circular steep-sided, flat-topped mound about in diameter and high. It is surrounded by a partially filled-in ditch that is 4- wide and 0. 8m deep.

St Illtyd's Motte is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was probably destroyed by Llywelyn the Great in the early thirteenth century and not rebuilt. The remnants are a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The surviving motte is a roughly circular steep-sided, flat-topped mound about in diameter and high. It is surrounded by a partially filled-in ditch that is 4- wide and 0. 8m deep.