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Castle Pencader is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the late eleventh-century conquest and settlement of South Wales. The site consists of a substantial earthen mound or motte, typical of early Norman fortifications in Wales, which would originally have supported a timber or stone tower serving defensive and administrative purposes. The castle occupied a strategic position within the landscape of medieval Carmarthenshire and represents the pattern of Norman castle-building used to consolidate control over newly conquered Welsh territories. The monument survives as an earthwork, preserving evidence of this important phase of medieval military architecture and Anglo-Norman expansion into Wales.
Castle Pencader is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM070. View the official record →
Castle Pencader is a motte-and-bailey castle located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the late eleventh-century conquest and settlement of South Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM070.
Castle Pencader dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Castle Pencader 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 CM070.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crugiau Rhos-Wen (4.7 km), Gilfach-Fach Round Barrow (4.9 km), Crugiau Fach Round Barrows (5.3 km).
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