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Castle Earthwork 200m S of Coed Caeau is a Medieval ringwork located in Breconshire, Wales. The monument survives as an earthwork comprising a roughly circular or oval defensive enclosure defined by a bank and ditch, typical of the small fortified settlements that proliferated in the Welsh Marches during the Medieval period. Such ringworks, which date principally to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, functioned as modest but strategically important defensive positions for Norman settlers and their successors during the period of Anglo-Norman expansion into Wales. The site's preservation as an earthwork rather than stone structure reflects the practical and economical building methods employed in this region during the early Medieval centuries.
Castle Earthwork 200m S of Coed Caeau is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR179. View the official record →
Castle Earthwork 200m S of Coed Caeau is a Medieval ringwork located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR179.
Castle Earthwork 200m S of Coed Caeau dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a ringwork. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Castle Earthwork 200m S of Coed Caeau 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 BR179.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twyn-y-Gaer (6 km), Gaer Fach (6.8 km), Moated Site E of Pont-y-Bat Wood (8.5 km).
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