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Crickhowell Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in the town of Crickhowell in Breconshire, Wales, erected in the early Norman period following the conquest and settlement of South Wales. The castle comprises a substantial earthen mound, or motte, with an adjoining bailey, representing a characteristic form of early medieval military fortification designed to control the strategic valley of the River Usk. The site demonstrates the Norman colonisation of the Welsh borders and would have served as an administrative and defensive centre for the lordship. Substantial stone masonry, including fragments of what may be remnants of a stone keep, indicate later medieval building phases that superseded the original timber palisade defences typical of the earliest Norman castles.
Crickhowell Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR111. View the official record →
Crickhowell Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in the town of Crickhowell in Breconshire, Wales, erected in the early Norman period following the conquest and settlement of South Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR111.
Crickhowell Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Crickhowell 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 BR111.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon (8.7 km), Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline (8.7 km), Pwll Du Tunnel (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Crickhowell 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.
Crickhowell Castle stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.