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The Warden Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Radnorshire, Wales, representing a typical form of Norman military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The site consists of a substantial mounded motte with an adjacent bailey enclosure, constructed using earth and timber in the manner characteristic of early Norman fortifications in the Welsh borderlands. The monument exemplifies the strategic importance of controlling the Radnor valley and the borderland territories during the period of Anglo-Norman expansion into Wales. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, it remains one of the significant medieval defensive structures surviving in the region, demonstrating the settlement and military patterns of the Norman period in mid-Wales.
The Warden Mound & Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD052. View the official record →
The Warden Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Radnorshire, Wales, representing a typical form of Norman military architecture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD052.
The Warden Mound & 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.
The Warden Mound & 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 RD052.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: the section extending 165yds (150m) N from Berry Wood (6 km), Offa's Dyke: the section extending 300yds (270m) crossing the railway W of Titley Junction (6.6 km), Mound 150yds (140m) N of church (7.8 km).
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