What is recorded here

Mound of Motte and Bailey Castle, Hay-on-Wye is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps the earth still holds the shape of hands that dug it, pressing soil into a wall against forgotten enemies. Maybe the mound breathes at night, rising and falling like a sleeping beast buried beneath the grass. Imagine standing on its crest, feeling the weight of every shadow that ever crossed it.

A named place photographed at this map point in Powys.

Built in the late 11th or early 12th century, the Mound of Motte and Bailey Castle near Hay-on-Wye was likely constructed by Norman settlers following the conquest of Wales. It is remembered as a strategic defensive site in the borderlands between England and Wales.