Caer Leb Castle

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Caer Leb Castle

2nd centuryMedieval

The story

History of Caer Leb Castle

Caer Leb Castle, United Kingdom
Caer Leb Castle · 2nd century

Caer Lêb is a Roman and mediaeval site on the Welsh island of Anglesey, west of Brynsiencyn. Its name means "Leaven Castle".

United Kingdom

Built
2nd century
Era
Medieval
Country
United Kingdom
UNESCO
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Coordinates
53.182, -4.287

In depth

The fuller history

About twenty-five paces north-west of these earthworks there stood, some thirty years ago, the ruins of a large house, described by the tenant who removed it as being 24 yards long by 18 wide. Its walls were from 4 to 5 feet thick, consisting of large boulders, a great number of which, owing to their size, he had much difficulty in displacing. It had the sills of several wide windows in position.

A small stone mortar and fragments of pottery also came to light. A perforated disc of hard black stone was discovered within the building, four inches and two-eighths in diameter, and one inch and one-eighth in thickness, where the hole is at the centre; and bevelled to the thickness of an inch at the outer edge, which is somewhat rounded. c A portion of rude masonry (marked c on the plan), was this day uncovered.

Key dates

  1. 1865Excavations in 1865 found structures within the enclosure, rectangular buildings on the east and a circular one on the south.

Historical summary drawn from Wikipedia. Read the full article.

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