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Llwynduris Castle Mound is a motte-and-bailey earthwork fortification situated in Ceredigion, Wales, representing medieval defensive architecture of the Norman or early post-Norman period. The site consists of a substantial mound typical of motte-and-bailey construction, a form widely adopted in Wales following Norman expansion in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. Such earthen castles served as centres of local authority and military control, providing defensive positions for regional lords during a period of territorial consolidation and conflict. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork preserves evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the military strategy employed in the lordships and marcher lands of medieval Ceredigion.
Llwynduris Castle Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD009. View the official record →
Llwynduris Castle Mound is a motte-and-bailey earthwork fortification situated in Ceredigion, Wales, representing medieval defensive architecture of the Norman or early post-Norman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD009.
Llwynduris 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.
Llwynduris 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 CD009.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cenarth Bridge (3.6 km), Parc-y-Domen (3.7 km), Inscribed Stone in St Llawddog's Churchyard, Cenarth (3.7 km).
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