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Ty-Newydd Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located in Conwy, North Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CN096. The site comprises an earthen mound typical of Norman defensive architecture, dating to the medieval period following the Norman settlement patterns established in Wales during the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. Such fortifications served as temporary or permanent strongholds for Norman lords consolidating control over newly conquered territories, combining a raised mound with an adjacent bailey or defensive enclosure. The monument preserves important archaeological evidence of early medieval military engineering in the region, representing the type of modest yet strategically significant fortification that characterized Norman expansion into Welsh lands.
Ty-Newydd Mound & Bailey Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN096. View the official record →
Ty-Newydd Mound and Bailey Castle is a motte and bailey fortification located in Conwy, North Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CN096. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN096.
Ty-Newydd 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 Britain.
Ty-Newydd 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 CN096.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garn Boduan (3.5 km), Enclosed Hut Group at Clogwyn Bach (4 km), Cromlech Farm Burial Chamber, Four Crosses (5.2 km).
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