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Mount in Powis Castle Park is a motte, a medieval earthwork defence dating to the Norman period. The motte forms part of the defensive landscape associated with Powis Castle and represents the early Norman settlement strategy in the Montgomeryshire region of Wales. The earthwork survives as a raised mound, characteristic of eleventh and twelfth-century fortifications constructed to establish and consolidate Norman authority in the Welsh borderlands. Its proximity to Powis Castle itself demonstrates the evolution of medieval defensive architecture, with the motte representing an earlier phase of fortification before the development of the more elaborate stone castle structures that came to dominate the site.
Mount in Powis Castle Park is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG093. View the official record →
Mount in Powis Castle Park is a motte, a medieval earthwork defence dating to the Norman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG093.
Mount in Powis Castle Park dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mount in Powis Castle Park 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 MG093.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hen Domen Pre-Conquest Fields (8.3 km), Hen Domen Mound & Bailey Castle (8.3 km), Offa's Dyke: section 400yds (370m) long S of Rownal Covert (8.9 km).
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