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Fforest Wood Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located in Radnorshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the twelfth-century conquest and settlement of the region. The site comprises a substantial earthwork mound typical of early Norman military architecture, accompanied by the bailey enclosure that would have served defensive and administrative purposes. The castle represents the pattern of Norman territorial control in the Welsh borderlands, where such fortifications were rapidly constructed to secure newly conquered lands. The monument survives as a significant archaeological record of early medieval military engineering, protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the Cadw heritage designation system.
Fforest Wood Mound & Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD075. View the official record →
Fforest Wood Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located in Radnorshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the twelfth-century conquest and settlement of the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD075.
Fforest Wood 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.
Fforest Wood 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 RD075.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aberedw Castle (6 km), Aberedw Castle Mound (6.1 km), Blaenhenllan round cairn (7.3 km).
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