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Hendre-Isaf Castle Mound is a motte, a type of Early Medieval fortified earthwork characteristic of Norman settlement and territorial control in Wales. The monument is located in Denbighshire and dates to the medieval period, representing the military infrastructure erected by Norman lords to consolidate their authority in the region. The site survives as an earthwork mound, the defining physical feature of this class of defensive structure, though any associated structures or defensive circuits that may once have crowned or surrounded it are no longer evident or have been lost to time and agricultural use.
Hendre-Isaf Castle Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE077. View the official record →
Hendre-Isaf Castle Mound is a motte, a type of Early Medieval fortified earthwork characteristic of Norman settlement and territorial control in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE077.
Hendre-Isaf Castle Mound dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Hendre-Isaf 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 DE077.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Cross-Incised Stones in St Digain's Churchyard, Llangernyw (1.4 km), Pant-y-Rhedyn Earthwork (4 km), Mwdwl Eithin Round Barrows (4.5 km).
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