What is recorded here

Knighton Castle appears in two rival mottes, one buried under domestic gardens and one standing tall above the river Teme, proving that memory itself becomes a maze when record and stone disagree. The western motte lost its shape to later building while the eastern motte kept its ditch and height, suggesting the town grew around both truths instead of choosing between them. Llewelyn ap Gruffudd destroyed one of them in 1262 and Owain Glyn Dwr demolished the other in 1402, yet the place still carries the name because repetition made the castle real.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Knighton 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.

Knighton Castle was a medieval motte-and-bailey castle, likely built in the 12th or 13th century, and held by Norman lords to control the surrounding area. It is remembered as an example of early feudal military architecture in Wales.

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