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Cottrell Castle Mound is a motte dating to the Norman period, located in the Vale of Glamorgan in Monmouthshire, Wales. The monument consists of a substantial earthen mound typical of early Norman fortifications, representing the defensive architecture favoured by Norman lords during their conquest and consolidation of Welsh territory in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The site demonstrates the strategic importance placed on controlling the fertile lowland areas of South Wales during the medieval period. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, the motte remains an important archaeological record of Norman settlement patterns in Wales.
Cottrell Castle Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM364. View the official record →
Cottrell Castle Mound is a motte dating to the Norman period, located in the Vale of Glamorgan in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM364.
Cottrell Castle Mound dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cottrell Castle Mound 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 GM364.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barry Castle (7.6 km), Site of Medieval Mill & Mill Leat Cliffwood (7.6 km), Westward Corner Round Barrow (7.7 km).
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