Castell Tinboeth, Radnorshire, Powys

3D Model

Castell Tinboeth is located on the edge of a steep ridge overlooking the Ithon Valley near Llananno in Powys. It has been suggested that the castle was adapted from a former prehistoric hillfort, but this seems unlikely. The castle first appears in documents in 1282 when it was held by the Mortimer family as a royal garrison. In 1283-4 it is recorded that the garrison consisted of 5 cavalry and 30 infantry. It is last mentioned in 1322 and its history after that date is unknown. By the 16th century it was described by Leland as a ruin.

The castle has no identifiable bailey and all of the buildings appear to have been secured within the roughly hexagonal curtain wall that originally topped the inner bank. The entrance was defended by a stone gateway with two towers and fragmentary remains survive. There is a possible well inside marked by a wet hollow. Parallel linear 13th c. medieval stone quarries can be seen nearby and these are rare as a dated example.

DSM 10cm res model created by drone photogrammetry