What is recorded here

Glasbury Castle stands as a medieval motte in Powys, Wales, its earthwork shape preserved in the national record. Whether soldiers watched the valley from that height or owners simply marked their claim, the mound still interrupts the green landscape. Its purpose has faded, but its shape remains clear enough to imagine the people who built it and the lives they lived beside it.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Glasbury 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.

Glasbury Castle, a medieval motte, was likely built in the 12th or 13th century, possibly by a Norman lord or local gentry, as part of the expansion of English control into Welsh territories. It is remembered as an example of the defensive earthworks constructed during the Anglo-Norman settlement of the Welsh Marches.

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