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Montgomeryshire Collect 59
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Montgomeryshire Collect 59
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Montgomeryshire Collections
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Volume:
59
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Journal
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1966
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Date Of Issue From: 1966
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BIAB (British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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05 Dec 2008
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The castles of Montgomeryshire
Clifford J Spurgeon
1 - 59
A classified catalogue of the forty-two castles revises earlier lists. Only thirteen examples have contemporary documentation; of the remainder, all but one are mottes of 11th cent. The great concentration in S and E of the county includes all the stone castles and reflects the importance of Montgomery itself as an Anglo-Norman centre. Many of the mottes south of Severn must be Roger de Montgomery's work. Relatively few of the sites are likely to have had strategic significance, and many seem to have relied for their defence on marshy rather than elevated ground. There are six masonry castles known. The earthwork examples are grouped into twenty-eight motte-and-bailey castles, eight mottes, a single ringwork and three unclassified sites. The rarity of ringworks is even more marked than in other Welsh counties, perhaps because of a personal preference of Roger de Montgomery and subsequent copying by Welsh builders. Descriptions of all the sites include documentary references where available. A summary of current work at Hen Domen in included (see also 68/271).
A short architectural note on the timber-framed houses at Ystradfaelog, The Bryn and Lower Gwestydd
P Smith
C E Owen
102 - 111
SN 98450245; SO 10659215, 12609340. On timber-framed houses in Wales, with two distribution maps, one of Welsh examples, the other of houses with ornate roofs. Ystradfaelog is the pure Montgomeryshire regional house, with timber in large squares and a chimney inserted opposite the entry in a fairly late open hall. The Bryn (1660) and Lower Gwestydd (1684) also have the central chimney opposite the entry, a pattern commoner in lowland England than in Wales. The problem of vernacular architecture in Montgomeryshire is that conspicuous renaissance external ornament in late 17th cent follows a medieval period with no ornate roofs. Only the arch-braced truss is known in the county though they are common in NE Wales, one in Flintshire being as late as 1642. The late Stuart prosperity of Montgomeryshire may derive from the migration of the woollen industry from S Wales into the Severn Valley. The distribution of Welsh timber-framed houses is significant; they are commoner on the northern border than the southern, and in SW Wales there are none (see also 69/568). M B-E
Excavations at Caersws, 1966: interim survey
Charles Manser Daniels
Geraint Dyfed Barri Jones
William G Putnam
112 - 115
The NW defences were sectioned and a small portion of the vicus cleared. The outer bank on NW proved to be a flood-defence against the river which formerly ran past the fort. The rampart, originally Flavian, and of clay with well-preserved timber strapping, had been faced with stone in ?2nd cent. Underlying it was a ditch, probably from a pre-Flavian occupation attested by stray finds. The outer ditch, originally of Punic shape, showed three phases of use; the middle and inner ditches had been recut, one frequently. Two wide intervallum road surfaces and a timber building with drawn posts were seen. Occupation continued into 3rd and 4th cents. Limited examination of the S defences substantially confirmed this sequence. Just outside the defences, two superimposed structures with well-preserved timber flooring overlay the perimeter road and yielded Flavian samian. After their demolition the perimeter road was reinstated; presumably there was a hiatus during the Flavian occupation like the later one at Castell Collen.