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Aberedw Castle Mound

Motte

What is recorded here

Aberedw Castle Mound rises in Powys as a medieval motte, its earth shaped by human hands rather than natural chance. The mound may have supported a wooden tower, a guard post or a temporary stronghold during a time when border lands shifted quickly. Whatever stood above it has vanished, leaving only the slope and the memory of weight placed upon the land.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Aberedw Castle Mound as Motte from the Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Aberedw Castle Mound is a medieval motte, likely built in the 12th or 13th century, associated with Norman expansion into Wales. It is remembered as a strategic defensive site in the historic region of Ceredigion.

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