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Boughrood Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Radnorshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the late eleventh-century conquest and colonisation of the region. The site consists of a prominent mound with an attached bailey, a typical earthwork defensive arrangement characteristic of early Norman settlement in the Welsh Marches. The castle occupied a strategically important position within the lordship of Radnor, serving as a centre of Norman control and administration in this contested frontier territory. Though no substantial stone structures survive, the earthwork remains represent an important example of the military infrastructure through which Norman lords established their authority over the Welsh countryside.
Boughrood Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD072. View the official record →
Boughrood Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Radnorshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the late eleventh-century conquest and colonisation of the region. 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 the UK.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Boughrood Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Boughrood Castle stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.