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Tretower Castle is a Norman castle located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising both an early motte-and-bailey earthwork and a later stone keep. The stone tower, known as the Round Tower, was constructed in the early twelfth century, while substantial additions including a curtain wall and domestic structures were made during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The castle served as a significant stronghold for the Norman lords of Brecknock and represents an important example of the military architecture employed during the medieval conquest and settlement of South Wales. The site was eventually superseded by Tretower Court, a substantial medieval manor house constructed nearby in the fifteenth century, after which the castle fell into decline.
Tretower Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR014. View the official record →
Tretower Castle is a Norman castle located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising both an early motte-and-bailey earthwork and a later stone keep. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR014.
Tretower Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tretower 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 BR014.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn (6.8 km), Twr Pen-cyrn round cairns (7 km), Disgwylfa Tramroads (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Tretower 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.
Tretower Castle stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.