What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Llanmaes Castle;Malefant Castle as Tower House 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.
Llanmaes (Malefant) Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built by the de Audley family in the 13th or 14th century. It is remembered as a significant example of Welsh Marches architecture and as a site associated with local power struggles during the medieval period.
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