What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Dolbenmaen 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.
Dolbenmaen Castle Mound is a medieval motte, likely built in the 12th or 13th century, and is associated with Norman expansion into Wales. It is remembered as part of the broader network of earthwork castles used to establish control and defend territory during the medieval period.
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