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Mound and Bailey Castle, located 495 metres north-west of Ditch Hill Bridge in Radnorshire, is a motte-and-bailey fortification dating to the Norman period. The site comprises an earthwork mound with an associated bailey, representing a characteristic form of early medieval military architecture employed in Wales following the Norman conquest. Such fortifications served as administrative and defensive centres in the landscape, though detailed documentary evidence specific to this particular site remains limited in the scholarly record. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument under the Cadw heritage protection system, acknowledging its significance as physical evidence of Norman settlement strategies in the Welsh borders region.
Mound and Bailey Castle 495m NW of Ditch Hill Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD057. View the official record →
Mound and Bailey Castle, located 495 metres north-west of Ditch Hill Bridge in Radnorshire, is a motte-and-bailey fortification dating to the Norman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD057.
Mound and Bailey Castle 495m NW of Ditch Hill Bridge dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mound and Bailey Castle 495m NW of Ditch Hill Bridge 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 RD057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Twts (5.6 km), Mound S of Woodbrook (7.3 km), Huntington Castle (7.7 km).
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