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Tomen Bedd Ugre is a motte and bailey castle located in Radnorshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the Anglo-Norman conquest and settlement of the region. The monument comprises a substantial mound with an associated bailey, a defensive earthwork characteristic of early medieval fortifications constructed rapidly across Wales and the English border to establish Norman military control. Like other mottes and baileys in this borderland region, it would have served as a stronghold for a Norman lord and centre of local administration during the twelfth century. The site remains visible as an earthwork monument and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the Welsh heritage designation system.
Tomen Bedd Ugre Mound & Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD092. View the official record →
Tomen Bedd Ugre is a motte and bailey castle located in Radnorshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the Anglo-Norman conquest and settlement of the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD092.
Tomen Bedd Ugre 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.
Tomen Bedd Ugre 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 RD092.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Castle Mound (6.6 km), Castell Collen (8.1 km), Cefnllys Castle (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Tomen Bedd Ugre Mound & 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.
Tomen Bedd Ugre Mound & Bailey Castle stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.