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Trefenty Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the late eleventh-century conquest and colonisation of South Wales. The monument comprises a substantial mounded earthwork with an associated bailey, representing a characteristic form of early Norman defensive settlement in the region. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw, it preserves important archaeological evidence of the military and territorial strategies employed by Norman lords during their establishment of control over the Welsh countryside.
Trefenty Mound and Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM143. View the official record →
Trefenty Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey earthwork located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the late eleventh-century conquest and colonisation of South Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM143.
Trefenty 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.
Trefenty 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 CM143.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Delacorse Uchaf Standing Stone (2.1 km), Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village (2.5 km), Laugharne Castle (2.8 km).
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