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St Mary's Yard Castle Mound is a motte, or artificial defensive earthwork, located in Wales and dating to the Medieval period. The site consists of a raised mound constructed as a foundation for timber fortifications, characteristic of Norman and early Medieval military engineering practices. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, the motte represents an important example of early Medieval defensive architecture in the Welsh landscape. The monument's surviving earthwork preserves evidence of settlement and defensive strategies employed during the period of Anglo-Norman expansion and consolidation in Wales.
St Mary's Yard Castle Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM082. View the official record →
St Mary's Yard Castle Mound is a motte, or artificial defensive earthwork, located in Wales and dating to the Medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM082.
St Mary's Yard Castle Mound dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
St Mary's Yard 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 MM082.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coed y Bwnydd Camp (1.6 km), Bettws Newydd Churchyard Cross-Base (1.6 km), St. David's Churchyard Cross, Trostre (2.7 km).
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