What is recorded here

Old Castle in Bishopston, Swansea, Wales, is a Medieval motte and bailey. It is a human-made ridge of earth and a hollow circle where towers, fences and lives once turned on weather, hunger and fear. The castle is gone except for shape, but that shape still belongs to the region and remembers the people who built it.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Old Castle, Bishopston as Motte and Bailey 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.

Old Castle, Bishopston was a Medieval motte-and-bailey castle, likely built in the 12th or 13th century by a local Norman lord or military commander. It is remembered as an example of early feudal military architecture in the region, reflecting the Norman expansion and control in Wales.

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