What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Fforest Wood, Castle 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.
Fforest Wood Castle was a medieval motte-and-bailey castle, likely built in the 12th or 13th century by a local Norman lord or Marcher lord for strategic defense and control of the surrounding area. It is remembered as an example of early medieval military architecture in Wales.
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