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Tomen y Faerdre is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Denbighshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period. The site comprises a substantial earthen mound typical of early medieval defensive architecture, constructed to command the surrounding landscape and serve administrative functions within the Norman settlement pattern of North Wales. The monument represents the material expression of Norman expansion and territorial consolidation in the region during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, Tomen y Faerdre remains an important archaeological record of early medieval military engineering and settlement hierarchy in medieval Wales.
Tomen y Faerdre is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE122. View the official record →
Tomen y Faerdre is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Denbighshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE122.
Tomen y Faerdre dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Tomen y Faerdre 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 DE122.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ty-Newydd Dyke (1.6 km), Llwyn Bryn-Dinas Camp (2.5 km), Plas Uchaf Enclosure (3.1 km).
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