Location | Near Llanfyllin |
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Region | Powys, Wales |
Coordinates | 52°46′49.33″N 3°17′45.71″W / 52.7803694°N 3.2960306°W |
Type | Motte and Bailey Castle |
Part of | Kingdom of Powys until 1160, then Principality of Powys Wenwynwyn. |
Length | 40 m |
Width | 40 m |
History | |
Material | Earthwork and timber |
Founded | Possibly 10th century |
Abandoned | 1257 (keep destroyed) |
Periods | Medieval |
Satellite of | Cantref of Mechain |
Associated with | Lords of commote of Mechain Uwch Coed |
Events | Put under siege by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1257 |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1978 |
Archaeologists | Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust |
Condition | Ruin - only earthworks remaining and very overgrown |
Designation | Cadw scheduled monument |
Tomen yr Allt (or Domen yr Allt) was a Medieval motte and bailey defensive castle near Llanfyllin in Powys, Wales.[1][2] "Tomen ar hallt" is modern Welsh for "mound on the wooded hillside."
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