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Allt-y-Ferin Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The site comprises an earthen mound with an associated bailey enclosure, representing a form of fortification characteristic of the Norman period following the conquest of Wales in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The monument's construction and layout reflect the strategic military architecture employed by Norman settlers to establish control over the Welsh landscape, with the elevated mound providing both defensive advantage and a platform for a timber or stone structure. The site remains substantially preserved as an earthwork monument, preserving evidence of medieval military settlement and territorial organisation in the region.
Allt-y-Ferin Mound and Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM157. View the official record →
Allt-y-Ferin Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM157.
Allt-y-Ferin Mound and Bailey Castle dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Allt-y-Ferin Mound and Bailey Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CM157.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen y Cnap Castle (2 km), Ffynnon-Newydd Standing Stones (3.4 km), Maes y Crug round barrow (3.6 km).
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