What is recorded here

Bleddfa Castle, meaning the abode of wolves, was a motte and bailey structure built before 1195, when Hugh de Say received licence to fortify it. Llewelyn ap Gruffydd captured and razed it in 1262, and Edward I stripped its stone for a nearby church tower in 1304. The oval mound still stands, surrounded by a rectangular bailey and a deep moat, holding the quiet danger of a place once taken by force and abandoned by time.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Bleddfa Castle;Bledeach Castle;Bledvach Castle as Castle 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.

Bleddfa Castle, also known as Bledeach or Bledvach Castle, was built during the late 13th or early 14th century by the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd or his successors. It is remembered as a strategic defensive site in the mountainous region of Powys, reflecting the contested nature of Welsh and English control in the post-Conquest period.

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