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Pont-Hendre castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Herefordshire. The site consists of a substantial mound, typical of early Norman castle construction in the Welsh border region, dating to the late eleventh or twelfth century. Such fortifications served as administrative and defensive centres during the period of Norman expansion into Wales and the consolidation of frontier lordships. The earthwork survives as a prominent topographical feature, representing an important phase in the military architecture and settlement patterns of medieval Herefordshire.
Pont-Hendre castle mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001763. View the official record →
Pont-Hendre castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001763.
Pont-Hendre castle mound is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1001763.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-Twyn Earthwork (5.1 km), Penbidwal Moated Site (6.1 km), The Moat Mound and Bailey Castle, Tre Fedw (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pont-Hendre castle mound's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pont-Hendre castle mound stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.