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Tredustan Castle Mound is a motte dating to the Norman period in Breconshire, Wales. The monument consists of an earthwork mound characteristic of early medieval fortification strategy, constructed to command the local landscape and provide defensive control over the surrounding territory. As a motte, it represents the typical form of Norman military architecture employed during the initial phases of Anglo-Norman expansion into South Wales, when such castles served as both garrison points and symbols of colonial authority. The site is recorded in the Cadw monuments register as a scheduled ancient monument and remains a significant archaeological record of medieval defence in the region.
Tredustan Castle Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR082. View the official record →
Tredustan Castle Mound is a motte dating to the Norman period in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR082.
Tredustan Castle Mound dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tredustan Castle Mound 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 BR082.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure W of Allt yr Esgair (8.4 km), Cefn Moel Round Cairn and Ritual Platform (8.4 km), Cefn Moel Round Barrows (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Tredustan Castle Mound'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.
Tredustan Castle Mound stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.