The site of a fortification which has been said to be the only medieval motte and bailey castle on the Island, but which has been generally accepted to be an Iron Age fort.


The field in which it stands was known as Magher y Caggey or Field of the Battle. In 1929 it was visited by the Cambrian Archaeological Association when Dr Gardner said that the work was of feudal, not tribal construction. If found on the mainland, it would be known as a Motte and assigned to the 12th century.  A letter to the Ordnance Surveyor in 1867 claimed this was the remains of a Cromwellian fort. There is no corroboration in history to support either of these opinions and the site has not been excavated.


This could not have been a place of defence in historic times as the fact that it is over-looked by the nearby ridge to the west would make it untenable.