© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Cadw
Boughrood Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Radnorshire, Wales, representing Norman defensive settlement in the Welsh Marches during the twelfth century. The monument comprises a substantial mound with surrounding bailey, typical of the motte-and-bailey tradition employed by Norman lords to establish control over conquered territories. The site's location within Radnorshire reflects the strategic importance of this border region during the Norman expansion into Wales, though documentary evidence concerning its specific construction date and associated structures remains limited. Like many such earthwork fortifications in the March, Boughrood may have been superseded by stone-built castles or abandoned as Norman military strategy evolved during the later medieval period.
Boughrood Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD072. View the official record →
Boughrood Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Radnorshire, Wales, representing Norman defensive settlement in the Welsh Marches during the twelfth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD072.
Boughrood Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Boughrood 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 RD072.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trefecca Fawr Garden Earthworks (7.4 km), Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb (7.8 km), Cefn Barn Ringwork (7.8 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Boughrood Castle