What is recorded here

Cefnllys Castle, Deer Park, Penybont marked a medieval boundary where local power displayed itself through living animals rather than stone walls. Deer moved through the land under human direction, their bodies turning into food, status and control for the people who claimed the area. The park still belongs to that medieval world, preserving a relationship between human ambition and animal life that predates modern ideas about nature.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Cefnllys Castle, Deer Park, Penybont as Deer Park 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.

Cefnllys Castle was built by the de Lacy family in the late 12th or early 13th century and later held by the Mortimer family, important Marcher lords who played a significant role in the Anglo-Welsh border region. The castle is remembered for its strategic position and its connection to Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, a key figure in the deposition of King Edward II.

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