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Bryn y Cwm Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Flintshire, Wales, representing a typical form of Norman military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The site comprises a raised mound upon which a wooden or stone fortification would have been constructed, accompanied by an adjoining bailey or defended courtyard, a defensive arrangement common to the period following the Norman conquest of Wales. Such earthwork castles served as instruments of military control and territorial consolidation across the Welsh borderlands and beyond. The monument remains an important archaeological record of early medieval military engineering and Norman settlement strategy in the region.
Bryn y Cwm Mound & Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL064. View the official record →
Bryn y Cwm Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Flintshire, Wales, representing a typical form of Norman military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL064.
Bryn y Cwm Mound & Bailey Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte and bailey. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Bryn y Cwm Mound & 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 FL064.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke: Section N & E of New Brighton (6.2 km), Rhual-Isaf Round Barrow (6.6 km), Taylor's Pottery (6.8 km).
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