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Talley Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey castle situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales, representing a characteristic form of Norman-period military architecture. The site comprises an earthen mound with an associated bailey, typical of defensive structures constructed during the eleventh and twelfth centuries following the Norman conquest and settlement of south Wales. The monument reflects the strategic importance of the Talley area in the medieval period and the methods employed by the Norman-derived aristocracy to assert territorial control over the Welsh landscape. The earthworks remain substantially visible as landscape features, preserving evidence of the military engineering practices of medieval Wales and the frontier dynamics between Norman and Welsh interests.
Talley Mound and Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM077. View the official record →
Talley Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey castle situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales, representing a characteristic form of Norman-period military architecture. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM077.
Talley 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 Britain.
Talley 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 CM077.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Talley Abbey (0.6 km), Fan Camp (4.7 km), Nant Cilgwyn standing stone (4.8 km).
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