What is recorded here

Bredwardine Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress on the River Wye in Herefordshire, built after 1066 to control the river crossing and assert authority in the Welsh Marches. Its earthwork mound and attached bailey still stand as a substantial monument, though little remains of the wooden superstructure that once crowned them. The castle served the strategic interests of Norman lords consolidating frontier control during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and it remains protected as a scheduled monument under Historic England reference 1001777.

The National Heritage List for England records Bredwardine Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Bredwardine Castle was built by the Mortimer family in the early 14th century and later held by the Crown. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval gatehouse and as a site associated with the historical conflicts between the Mortimers and the Crown.

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