The Entrance to Castle Villa
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The Entrance to Castle Villa
Image: © Anthony Parkes Taken: 5 Jun 2012
Cas Wilia is a sub-rectangular, or semi-circular enclosure, c.43m by 35m, bounded by triple banks with intermediate ditches on all sides save the east, having a well preserved entrance to the west. The multi-vallate form would seem to suggest a pre-historic origin but King records this as a medieval castle site. A farm stands within the enclosure and several finds of stones with Latin and Ogham inscriptions here suggest Roman and Dark Age occupation of fairly high status. Certainly use of this site as a defensible enclosure by the medieval stone building that occupied the site of the modern farm can not be dismissed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.906556
Longitude
-5.08089