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Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Denbighshire, Wales, dating to the medieval period. The site consists of a substantial mound with an adjoining bailey, representing the characteristic defensive architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Sycharth held significance as a fortified residence within the Welsh marches and demonstrates the military engineering conventions of the Norman period in Wales. The earthwork survives as a prominent topographical feature, preserving evidence of medieval castle construction in its physical form.
Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE020. View the official record →
Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Denbighshire, Wales, dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE020.
Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte and bailey. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle 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 DE020.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Soldier's Mount (5.4 km), Roman Supply Depot, Llansantffraid ym Mechain (5.8 km), Domen Castell Mound & Bailey Castle (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle'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.
Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.