St Illtyd's Motte
Blaenau Gwent, Wales
St Illtyd's Motte is a motte-and-bailey castle in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Today it stands as a ruin. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Llancaiach Fawr, 7.2 mi away.
St Illtyd's Motte at a glance
Type
Motte-and-bailey castle
Condition
Ruin
Heritage status
scheduled monument
National Monument of Wales
Nearest castle
Llancaiach Fawr
7.2 mi away
About St Illtyd's Motte
St Illtyd's Motte, also known as St Illtyd Castle Mound, 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.
From the Wikipedia article on St Illtyd's Motte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Illtyd's Motte sits at 51.7104, -3.1344 in Blaenau Gwent. The closest other castles are Llancaiach Fawr (7.2 mi), Castell Arnallt (8.1 mi) and Castell Meredydd (8.2 mi).
