The motte stands in the north-east corner of a ditched bailey enclosure defining a crescent, about 46 by 57 metres, on an east-west axis. A counterscarp earthwork defines the entire castle site, which stretches about 90 metres by 118 metres in total.
Tomen-y-Rhodwydd
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The motte stands in the north-east corner of a ditched bailey enclosure defining a crescent, about 46 by 57 metres, on an east-west axis. A counterscarp earthwork defines the entire castle site, which stretches about 90 metres by 118 metres in total.
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About Tomen-y-Rhodwydd
Address: Ruthin,
Denbighshire,
Wales
Attraction Type: Castle
Location: Off the B5341 3 m north of Trawsfynydd. On private land, permission needed to access.
Location map
OS: SJ132 562
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